[TheForge] Speaking of sheet metal...

[Mike Linn]

You can use 2 pieces of angle iron in a vise.

Drill holes and loosely bolt the 2 pieces together to form a Tee.

Put the leg of the tee in your vise and slip the sheet into the tee.

Tighten the vise to clamp it all together.

bend away.

mike



At 08:27 AM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
>I need to bend some sheet metal myself, but not only do I not have a
>brake, I wouldn't know how to use one if I did ;-)
>
>What I need to do is to bend the bottom of a box out of sheet. Was
>thinking of cutting out the corners (except for tabs to lightly hold
>the thing together at the corners) then clamping the metal between a
>couple of heavy metal bars, then hammering away. Need a fairly crisp
>bend, about 90 degrees. Will this work? Anybody have any other ideas?
>
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