Bending 1 8 Thick Aluminum Sheet

For die widths 0 5 to 1 in.

Bending 1 8 thick aluminum sheet.

Here s a good rule of thumb for most materials. Why the different die angles for air bending. 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. The bend radius you select may not be available if the geometry of the part will not allow us to bend with the specific tooling required to achieve that radius.

Use the minimum bend dimension values in the charts below for your minimum closeness of cutout to a bend. Between 1 and 2 in your width options are reduced again and the included die angle closes even further from 78 to 73 and even less see figure 1. Most frequently expensive sheet metal bending tools called brakes are used to bend sheet metal but you can also complete this task without one. How to bend sheet metal without a brake.

Material bend radii and minimum bend size charts please note. The inside bend radius should be equal to the thickness of the material that you re forming. I had to bend some aluminum ears on mounting plate for my underwater camera and lights this is how i did it the wrong way a costly mistake and then how i d. How to bend sheet metal without a brake in 4 different methods with minimal or homemade tools.