Bending 1 8 Steel Flat Bar

The first attempt cracked so i figured i would anneal it.

Bending 1 8 steel flat bar.

I needed to bend 2 foot pieces the long way to 30 degrees for my telescope and i couldn t budge it in my very small brake. And everything in between. Measured the location of the jaw mounting holes from the vise and copied them to the jaws. I just bent 2 bends each in 96 parts 1 4 x 1 304 flat bar took a couple of hours but only took that long due to the wacky forged ends which required making a special stop.

After that i cut front jaw to three equal pieces and back jaw to two pieces one is 1 3 and second 2 3. I took it to town to a shop that has a brake that can bend 8 foot wide 1 4 steel and they gave it a try. For most applications with stainless steel or aluminum you can get away with a zero radius bend on anything under 0 050 thick. Dan i don t know the exact dimensions yet but it ll probably be a 2 x5 flat bar 1 8 or 3 16 thickness i edited the pic.

Steel flat bar. I think dimensions wise your bending brake will work but i don t know if it will be able to put a clean sharp bend in 3 16 bar you think. Shop for steel flat bar online. Weld flat bar to the edge of 10mm plate and then rounded and smoothed the edge.

You can make simple bends in iron and steel using nothing more than a torch to heat and soften the metal. I have some 3 x 125 extruded flat bar 6061 t6. Light the torch and adjust it to a neutral flame. The inside diameter is 1 and there is a small radius on the die to soften the bend where it goes flat.

If it was steel i would bend it hot but i have to use aluminum here. I need to make it from 1 8 x 1 1 2 stock but i had some 1 wide on hand. Then i got three different sized jaws that i could mix together for. In other words if you re bending 1 8 sheet use a tool with a 1 8 radius to form the inside of the bend.

It is used to make shear blades punch plates dies and more. Bar segments and rings can be bent into tight radii and large sweeps. A2 flat ground tool steel. Clamp the stock in a vise.

A2 flat ground a chromium alloy die steel is known for its good machinability deep hardening high compressive strength and good non deforming property. A hossfeld will do up to 4 x 1 2 pretty easily with the 4 extension handle. We are bending flat bars from 1 8 x to 36 x 12 bar the easy way y y axis like a belt or bending 24 x 10 flat bars the hard way x x axis like a metal washer.