Bending 1 8 Steel Plate

You described a rough rule to find a steel s minimum bend radius.

Bending 1 8 steel plate.

Again the minimum inside bend radius is even larger when bending with the grain. I have to bend some 1 8 steel plate for my juliet ii. This is a piece of thick x 12 wide carbon steel plate that has been cut to size rolled and bent to make a pipe strap or pipe support. In steel between 0 5 and 0 8 in.

Moderator 18585 forum posts 2046 photos 1 articles. It needs a z bend in it offsetting the reversing lever by 1 4. I d like to make a couple of brackets out of 1 8 or 3 16 most bending brakes can t bend such thick metal. Is there an home brew way of making sharper bends in thicker steel.

I ve tried the bench vise adjustable crescent wrench method but the bends come out rounder than i d like. I should imagine that 1 8 will need some pounding to do that or plenty heat. In a previous bending basics article you mention a material s tensile reduction percentage used for calculating the minimum inside bend radius of various metals. Plate and sheet bending.

Thick grade 350 and 400 may have a minimum bend radius of 2 5 times the material thickness when transverse bending while longitudinal bending may require a minimum bend radius that s 3 75 times the material thickness.