I Built A Sheet Metal Brake 

Nice video… PRO TIP - This is the second video I’ve seen where someone files a flat spot into the apex and attempts to balance a drill bit long enough to get a pilot hole. Flip the angle iron over and drill into the valley. Takes 25% as long and gives a flawless result every time.

Well, gee...this sure beats me hammering a bend with a hammer and a steel ruler. I built a heavy duty doggie door for a window this way and...it "works" but the aesthetic factor is not exactly there. Doggies didn't notice. Whew! Loved your video!

Great project. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for sharing…..great job!

Best diy metal bender video I've seen on here

Thank you! Great video. Happy travels!!!!

Fantastic decal applicator. You must be proud.

I like the way you work, great job, I might just make one for myself. I’m also partial to “Fire Red” with Black. Thanks for your video.

YOUR DAD IS A MODERN DAY MACGYVER , now I have to build one to bend copper panels. Thank you guys very much for the video

i worked in a metal shop years ago & this one plan comes the closest to an actual break that does the real work. I`ve a feeling i`ll build one for my small shop

Very creative! Good to know you have a guard dog on staff. Thanks for the attention to detail.

Good Job .. you have done it very Easily and simply good thing for bending sheets

Looks great! You could add a spring between the red piece of angle iron and the black piece around the threaded rod to lift the red piece while loosening the wing nut to make it easier to insert pieces into the brake.

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Nice job Geno. The jeweled hinges look great. Only other thing I'd do is shorten the carriage bolts and hinge screws by 1/2 at least. Would help clean up the job, etc. All that work but the long screws make it appear unfinished.

Love the build! Will make mine 8’. To bend welded wire for cages

Good work 👍

30 seconds in and I subscribed. You had me at the guitar.

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Great project…Will follow!

I have one of these to bend up to 160 inches of .8 mm stainless. I have 40 x 4 inch hinges butted up against each other. The top angle iron has holes every 10 inches and wood crews go through the angle and sheet. After the bend the holes are filled with a dab of weld. When the wood has too many holes I replace it.

Fine job with the video, may give it a try with some spare angle iron I've got laying around.

good work

As seen on I Like to Make Stuff, 3 years prior to your video.

Buenas tarde excelente herramienta hermano gracias por compartir sus conocimientos saludo desde Venezuela Edo Carabobo Ali Molina bendiciones 🙏

I like it all except the wingnuts. Good job.

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Buen trabajo, SALUDES DESDE HONDURAS

Thank you now I can build me one out of 3 angle iron and 2 door hinges and some bolts nuts and weld some pip so the handles can sleeve in and out for storage. Now an air hammer machine would be cool made from scrap metal and some harden body work anvils

Great for the no weld types. Cheers

Great video, I watched quite a lot of sheet metal benders recently and most of them are so advanced it becomes a too big project for me. This seems somewhat very reasonable so I will definitely give it a try! Few quick questions, did you use 5mm angle iron? I am considering to make my own hinges, as this might potentially be the weak point for thicker sheets. Based on your experience now, how thick steel sheets can you bend and whats the weakest point in this construction? If you would make a new one, slightly stronger, is it the hinges thats the weakest? Again, thanks for a great video, clear instructions and I let you know how I managed. Cheers Peter, United Kingdom

Nice work on the metal break! Have you ever attempted a metal finger break?

I would have just stuck that thin test strip of metal in a vise, and put some "English" on it. 😬😎😂. I took a nap in my easy chair and you were still working on the project. That's a very long tune....too ! Just kidding. It was a good video and a useful and nice looking tool, all said and done.

Top shit work done. 👍 Cheers 🍻

fantastic job, i will do it, it is vary nice for small shop. thank you

I'll take that dog. Any dog that will sit still while holes are drilled in steel angle is the dog for me.

Outstanding video Thank you. I was right there with you the whole way right up to the welding. Other than me finally (Yes I’m way overdue) breaking down and learning some welding, is there an effective & reliable alternative method for attaching the leverage pipe holders? Thanks again.

What size angle iron are you using? Why a block of wood under it? keeping the sheet to a flat surface will be a lot better wouldnt it? why not direct to workbench and bolt it in place? just some thoughts I am sure you had already. great vid.

flapper wheel sir .... ya neeeeeed one

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Flip angle iron upside down drill pilot hole then flip over and finish

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That's slick So I imagine you could do any length, with piano hinge then?

Great project, I enjoyed watching your video. Thanks. Two questions, what did you dip the drill bits into when drilling the angle iron, and why did you reverse the hinge leaf?

Nice build, but I question anchoring the hinge into wood. With the forces at work between your bending leaf and the bottom leaf, especially with what you bent in the video, I'm concerned that the wood would compress around the screws over time and would eventually work loose. I would at least like to see a piece of strapping under the bottom bar to tap and bolt, or better yet weld to the bottom bar for rigidity. Thanks for sharing!

I need a box or pan break to bend 24" aluminum, 1/2 " lip ,could i just cut some slices in the clamp for the lip to fit in ?

What gauge did you use to fabricate it with? What gauge will it bend? I need to bend 14 gauge a588 or otherwise known as weathering steel or Corten...think this could do it?

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What are you dipping the drill bit into?

drill from the backside into the V and you wont have to worry about drifting on the peak....are you using 3"X3" angle iron???

Thomas Mendez Where did you get your hinges?

What's with the freeman stuff at the begining?

what size angle did you use ?

What about creating a box?

What's the steel gauge limitation?

I thought you were going to bend more metal with it once you made it

Would you sell it?

I want purchase this item

1st its nice looking :) But just some :) constructive criticism . One never have people or dogs standing near while drilling. Two why use wood? Three why use longs screws ? Four Counter the holes deeper on the hinges :) Lastly use springs under the Bar :) But other wise Thank you !!!

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Много лишних движений:-) .

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What??? You couldn't bent that in the vise a lot easier. Seriously!?!

Very nice build! I may be inspired to build my own. But your video production leaves a lot to be desired. That music was annoying after about 2 minutes. After 20, I was about to jump off a bridge. It should be way down in the mix (quieter). Since you can't please everybody, just skip the music entirely. In this case, it actually detracted from the video quite a bit. It's not necessary to show us tapping all four holes, even at 3x speed. Tap one, then move on. Same goes with all the cutting, filing, grinding, and any other repetitive operations. Show a couple seconds of each operation, then move on. This video could have been considerably shorter and still gotten your message across just fine. Personally, I find on-screen text annoying. I have to look away from the action to read it. You obviously have video editing software and a camera. Ditch the text and record a voice-over, explaining what you're doing. Add another audio track and drop the voice-over there.

This is the Nth video I've watched where metal files are abused by improper usage.

Nice work! But - for the love of God don't ruin your files by dragging them back and forth over the workpiece.

Watched alot of these very minimal what you can do with it sorry to be an ass

FYI - your background music adds nothing to your video, and is annoying.

You are prettyhandy in the shop but your choice of backing music is unbearable.

Your background music is so annoying I turned off the sound

Painful to watch