Using my homemade sheet metal bending brake

I made a quick and dirty version of a sheet metal bending brake in order to create the shape of some art deco style footlights I was building for a theatre.

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[Gusando]

can you use a steel door hinge for the pivot?

[eqqman]

@Gusando Sure, I just used the only matching pair of hinges I had laying around.

[AV3NG3R00]

Actually looks really well made...

What sort of bend radius will it do??

[eqqman]

@AV3NG3R00 The way I had built this let me do 90 degrees. Anything more acute than that I had to take out of the brake and finish by hand.

[donnyab]

I am looking to make something to bend steel about 1 mm thick, have you tried to bend stuff that thick on your bender, what were the results ?

[usrobson]

That's a great DIY bender! Could you send me the plan to build one?

Thanks



[m4sabonim]

i have to say it was a cool idea and what u made looks cool but not possile to make a j channel or brick moulding but still nice

[lee1PA]

can you bend where the turn to 90 degrees is a soft rather than sharp turn?

[realterm123]

Wow. Thanks. That is brilliant.

[Fire4FX]

That metal sheet looks like 0.55? Really flimsy looking. Good bender, looks like I'll make one too rather than shelling out $100- for one.