How To Roll Sheet Metal At Home

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How to roll sheet metal at home.

Clamping your sheet metal to the straightedge is a must. Draw a line onto your sheet metal the same length as you want the slanted edge of your cone to be. This video shows how to create and form your own sheet metal parts with limited tooling. To clamp efficiently lay your sheet metal on the top surface of your straightedge with the drawn line perfectly aligned with the outside edge of the sheet metal.

Cut a length of string with a loop at one end and the other end held at the pivot mark. Roll forming is used to create very long sheet metal parts with typical widths of 1 20 inches and thicknesses of 0 004 0 125 inches. How to roll a metal cone. Mark your bend lines.

Mark one end of the line pivot and. Otherwise the sheet metal is almost certain to shift as you bend it resulting in a bad bend. Now that you know your bend allowance take your protractor and draw a clear line with your marker across the point at which you will bend your sheet metal. Wide and 0 25 inches thick.

The roll forming process is capable of producing parts with tolerances as tight as 0 005 inches. Then use your bend allowance to draw your second bend line the intervening distance between your bend lines bend radius. Monkeys spinning monkeys by kevin macleod. The sheetmetal is slid between the two bars and twisted back and forth to create a fold.

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