Bending Sheet Steel With A Small Radius

Choosing the right bend step is important because while more bends means a smoother radius it also means a more time consuming and technically difficult procedure.

Bending sheet steel with a small radius.

22 gauge 0 031 0 787mm 0 265 6 73mm. Minimum bend bend radius. 24 gauge 0 025 0 635 mm 0 265 6 73mm. The more bends the smoother the roll.

The hardness of the metal. 24 gauge 0 025 0 635 mm 0 5 12 7mm. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. Generally speaking the thicker a piece of sheet metal is the wider the internal bend radius will have to be.

24 gauge 0 025 0 635 mm 0 2 5 08mm. 0 017453 x 90 x 0 020 0 33 x 0 024 0 0438558984 inch bend allowance. The thickness of the metal. As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be.

The bend step is the number of bends which will be used to form the radius. As you can see below the difference between 3 and 6 bends is rather significant. You can use this to put a perfectly clean 90 degree inside bend in steel bar or sheet of any width use a cutting disc to slot down through the plate at the. It should be noted that the bend angle is also halved from 30 to 15.

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.