Bending 1 8 Steel Flat Bar

Steel flat bar.

Bending 1 8 steel flat bar.

A2 flat ground tool steel. Heating the metal with a soapstone pencil mark a line across the stock to indicate the center of the bend. And everything in between. Measured the location of the jaw mounting holes from the vise and copied them to the jaws.

It is sold in annealed state to be heat treated. A hossfeld will do up to 4 x 1 2 pretty easily with the 4 extension handle. The first attempt cracked so i figured i would anneal it. 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 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. Then i got three different sized jaws that i could mix together for. You can make simple bends in iron and steel using nothing more than a torch to heat and soften the metal. It is used to make shear blades punch plates dies and more.

A2 flat ground a chromium alloy die steel is known for its good machinability deep hardening high compressive strength and good non deforming property. Bar segments and rings can be bent into tight radii and large sweeps. Weld flat bar to the edge of 10mm plate and then rounded and smoothed the edge. Light the torch and adjust it to a neutral flame.

If it was steel i would bend it hot but i have to use aluminum here. If you re bending 0 020 thick material use a 0 020 radius. 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. Shop for steel flat bar online.

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. 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. 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.

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. Clamp the stock in a vise. I have some 3 x 125 extruded flat bar 6061 t6.