How to bend
Steel Plate
How to bend steel plate without a brake
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hey what's up y'all hey I was asked to
do a video about how I've been this
metal when I build these octagon pits
and a hexagon and all that type of stuff
and the guy asked me if I could do a
quick video on a ha Bend and without
using a break and what I do is I score
it and then bend it up and it makes it
easier and you can get a pretty thick
metal like that doing it probably get up
to a quarter-inch you could probably get
three-eighths of you but you're going to
have to gap it out pretty wide so anyway
I already got a piece cut right here
that I'm doing a barbecue pit for I'll
probably do the video on it next and I
want to show you what I'm doing on it I
got a piece of steel cut out right there
it's 10 gauge 8 inch and I got three of
the lines on it already
this will make uh what was 23 by 25
shaped barbecue pit the guy wanted to
rack it is about 24 by 22 cooking space
in it when I cut this out to do it and
uh anyway I got the first three lines
drawn on it and what I'm going to do is
use these cutting blades these are oh
four or five cutting blades right the
thinnest you can get and I'll score down
that line somewhere close to halfway
through the plate I mean you just got a
you're not going to get it exact you
just got to get a good little score line
on it and then you can start to bend to
think so I have to do more lines on it
to keep on going down but this will get
me started right here and with the
octagon when I bend it up I already know
that I got to bend each one at 45
degrees so I mean it's pretty easy with
the octagon if you were doing a square
you know you'd have to bend it at the
whole 90 so I mean when you get into
other shapes like a hexagon I think
there's 60 degrees if I remember right
there 60 and uh some other ones I'd have
to I'd have to figure it out
but I know this octagon is 45 degrees so
I'm gonna score these lines and show you
how I bend it up
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okay you can see I scored them you can't
really tell the depth of them through
the camera you know but it's around
halfway you just got kind of estimated
now if you're doing like I say this is a
10 gauge of 8 inch and I only need to go
45 degrees if you bend it up and it
don't go as far as you want it to go
then don't try to force it you need to
come in and widen that gap after it
after it stops bending come back with
your cutting blade and run through it
again
so I thought why it's still bent and
then I'll widen it up and then it will
Bend some more if you're going with a
thicker plates a 3/16 or quarter a
quarter inch and you know you're looking
for at least a 45 degree Bend then go
ahead and bend it when you when you
score it go ahead and gap it out so they
have a wide or cutting blade than these
two and you can use this one first and
then come back through with that vitamin
I don't like the wider ones I don't
think they're good for much else besides
something like that but uh it just needs
to be a wider gap if you're bending
thicker metal cuz once it butts up its
going to stop bending so let me show you
how I go through that process right now
alright first of all you're going to
need something heavy a good solid piece
of steel I use a people pulling channel
iron right here and uh what I do is I
get this whole line right up to the edge
of my table and then I put this piece of
ten align it's the only reason I keep
this kind of line around there the only
reason get you got to use for anything
else
but you know right to the backside are
your score line right there then you're
going to need to clamp that down make
sure it stays there
that's giving us something to bend again
then after that you're going to need
another heavy piece of steel when I use
is a 4 inch 3/8 flat board it's another
thing that stays around here just for
that purpose and then clamp it to the
plate as well I like to clamp it to the
back side this would help if it was the
same length as what you're doing it
would help for that but I don't cut it
down because I use it for all kinds of
stuff then once you got something heavy
that gives you a stress point all the
way across it instead of just where you
have your clamp there or where your
bending in it that helps it have
strength all the way across the thing
then you just don't bend it it up if you
have a something like this I could push
it back against the table if I know it's
45 and put a triangle v square under it
but I'm gonna get my angle finder just
so how to use it alright with this angle
finder I know it's not going to focus in
on the numbers but it's mag it's got a
magnet on the bottom I can stick it on
there and see what we're sitting at and
we're sitting right at 45 degrees on
there so that'll let me know I can go on
to the next bend and I'll do the same
thing I'll move this stuff up to the
next one just pull the sheet down move
it up to the next one and Bend that one
and just keep going around like that so
let me show you that right quick
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all right so that's three of the bins so
far got five more to go and uh like I
say it's this is sitting on 45 when you
get to the end of whatever you're doing
if you're folding a box if you're
folding the Octagon whatever you may
have to tweak it a little bit and uh I
mean that's just part of the game you
know and if you feel like sometimes you
might score a little deep and it feels
like it's not wanting to hold its shape
right there so when you make it Bend and
you got the angle you won't run you a
cup of tacks on it and that's going to
hold it in that position until you get
ready you know so you get finished
bending it up and you can come back and
weld that out if you want to on the
inside you know if you feel it's
necessary I don't always feel it's
necessary so I don't necessarily weld
them out all the time and you can see it
gives you a good crisp end on it because
you're already put that score line on it
I don't think you could get it that
crisp if you use heat you know and if
you try to use a torch to heat it and it
would take forever to heat that thing
and keep it hot and trying to chase that
red spot so that's what I like to do
i'ma finish been bending that thing up
it's almost dark out here now so I'm
gonna finish give me some lights hooked
up out here kind of spending this thing
and uh I need to go and get this thing
done I got a lot of stuff to get done
but uh so anyway I hope this helps
somebody a guy asked me how I was doing
it and that's about the best I think I
can explain it you know you put your
score that line you put your good heavy
piece of metal clamp it down right there
that's giving you a being point and then
when you put something on the back side
that's giving you a stress point if you
scored a deep enough you might not even
need none on the backside it might just
be end right up but uh once you get your
shape come back put your cup of tacks
inside there it's like I say if you want
to wield it out if you don't think it's
necessary to wear it out and don't you
know but anyway I hope that helps
somebody I'm gonna go and get some
lights up before it gets all the way
dark and Bend this thing out
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that I'm doing right now to see how then
