Bending Sheet Metal Drawers

I am using the harbor freight 36 brake with surprisingly good results in 16 gauge cold rolled.

Bending sheet metal drawers.

2mm mild steel and 1 5mm acid proof steel 316 evolution in home depot. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. Similar to other metal forming processes bending changes the shape of the work piece while the volume of material will remain the same.

For shop projects like these 22 gauge steel is about right. Sheet metal bending is the plastic deformation of the work over an axis creating a change in the part s geometry. I needed to put a drawer on my welding cart and thought what better thing to make as my first instructa. I m a home gamer with minimal experience working with sheet metal however i have a decent grasp of the fundamentals of bending.

It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. In this instructable i will be showing you how to make a metal drawer for whatever you need. Kaka fb 4 4 inch hand operated steel bending brake high flexibility easy operation sheet metal forming bender 4 4 out of 5 stars 23 142 99 142. Made a drawer to my drilling station.

Mine is a little different because it is all metal. Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape. How to make a metal drawer. This is done through the application of force on a workpiece.

Most frequently expensive sheet metal bending tools called brakes are used to bend sheet metal but you can also complete this task without one. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. I m working on some 16 gauge drawers for my work bench. With the patterns on the following pages and your sheet metal in hand it s time to lay out the project.