How to make a bending machine with your own hands?

In work for straightening and bending of metal strips and sheets one can not do without a sheet bending machine. This device is very important for the construction of various structures. Drawings and a certain skill will allow you to perform a sheet-bending machine with your own hands. It can save a lot of time and effort, although many prefer buying simple and inexpensive models of such devices.

Diversity

There are five types of bending machines: manual, mechanical, electromagnetic, hydraulic and pneumatic. Let's consider some of them.

• Manual sheet - bending machine of simple design is used in working with metal strips or sheets of small dimensions coated, as well as with copper and aluminum. It is bought by small business owners or private individuals for the manufacture of roof elements , constructions for advertising or additional elements for the installation of roofing works.
• The hydraulic bending machine, as well as its mechanical and pneumatic types, relate to variants of serial production. This device is easy to operate and has low noise characteristics due to vibration suppression systems. The hydraulic bending machine is considered the best option for performing simple folds of metal sheets. The newest technologies allowed creating these devices with automated control systems, which ensures the execution of the workflow with high accuracy.

Necessary materials

Having decided to make a sheet-bending machine with one's own hands, one must remember that with the help of it only the simplest kinds of work can be performed. For complex and more accurate tasks, professional equipment should be used. A welding machine and other materials will be needed in order to create a sheet-bending machine with their own hands. Its details must be firm and even. For the frame, you need to purchase a large channel, a solid pipe and a corner. Metal bases offer a wide choice of the necessary material, and in building shops it is possible to buy a rule from aluminum and auxiliary details. Different angles are needed for the manufacture of a clamping and turning beam.

Constructing a structure

We proceed to assemble the frame. For this you need:

• Saw a channel and a large corner.
• Then weld the pipes along the edges of the channel. Do it carefully.
• On top of the pipes you need to weld the corner so that its vertical side is located its plane to the master, who decided to build a sheet-bending machine with his own hands. Precise exposure of all the details will give an even design.
• After assembling the frame, it is necessary to hang the presser beam. To do this, you need to lean the rules and the channel well, and then fix them. Then loops are to be welded to the clamping beam and to the rear corner of the frame. After that, we check their legal capacity.
• To make a clip on the corner, loops are welded. To treat this process should be scrupulous. Then these loops need to be welded to the vertical side of the frame on its edge. The rotation of the clamping angle should be 150-160 °. This is an important condition. Then one hinges are installed on this corner, and the second - on the presser beam. After fixing them with bolts, thrusts must be obtained, the adjustment of which depends on the thickness of the metal sheet. For the manufacture of the swing beam and clamping beam, it is necessary to use a corner of the same length.