Bending Stainless Steel Sheet By Hand

Start at one end and slowly work down to the other.

Bending stainless steel sheet by hand.

Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly. How to bend stainless steel sheets marking the bend. Push the clamping leaf handles away from you to raise the clamping leaf. Using protective gloves hold the free end of the metal sheet with one hand and with the other hand use a mallet or hammer to begin bending the sheet down and around the curved radius of the wood form.

For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. A cutout or the edge of your flange to your bend. If you have any questions or want to discuss your design contact us. Scoring and bending.

If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. The work should be executed as quickly as possible due to work hardening characteristics of stainless steels and a degree of over bending is necessary to counteract the springback of the bend. Some over bending will be required to counteract spring back of the bend. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.

Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Mark your bend lines. Measure and mark the bend location along one edge of the stainless steel sheet with the tape measure. Bar and flat bending of stainless steel round bar flat bar sheet and plate can be bent using a press brake bending machine or ring rolling.

Determine your minimum bend by measuring the distance from your closest feature i e. Bending flat material and bars flat sheet plate and bar products can be bent using the press brake or bending machine. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Abn sheet metal hand seamer 3 inch straight jaw manual metal bender tool sheet metal bending pliers flattening tool 4 5 out of 5 stars 137 27 89 27.

Choose a bend radius that matches your minimum bend.