Bending Sheet Metal Drawers

Also known as press braking flanging die bending folding and edging this method is used to deform a material to an angular shape.

Bending sheet metal drawers.

It s easy to cut and bend but still has plenty of strength. The force must exceed the material s yield strength to achieve a plastic deformation. 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. I needed to put a drawer on my welding cart and thought what better thing to make as my first instructa.

Similar to other metal forming processes bending changes the shape of the work piece while the volume of material will remain the same. I m working on some 16 gauge drawers for my work bench. 2mm mild steel and 1 5mm acid proof steel 316 evolution in home depot. Sheet metal bending is the plastic deformation of the work over an axis creating a change in the part s geometry.

Then all you need to do is cut out the pattern make the bends and spray on a coat of paint. Bending is one of the most common sheet metal fabrication operations. Made a drawer to my drilling station. Bending sheet metal by hand is a manageable task if the piece of sheet metal is small and thin enough to handle.

This is done through the application of force on a workpiece. In this instructable i will be showing you how to make a metal drawer for whatever you need. In some cases bending may produce a small change in sheet thickness. Mine is a little different because it is all metal.

Used left over materials that i around. With the patterns on the following pages and your sheet metal in hand it s time to lay out the project. I am using the harbor freight 36 brake with surprisingly good results in 16 gauge cold rolled. I m a home gamer with minimal experience working with sheet metal however i have a decent grasp of the fundamentals of bending.