Bending 1 8 Steel Plate

Is there an home brew way of making sharper bends in thicker steel.

Bending 1 8 steel plate.

Moderator 18585 forum posts 2046 photos 1 articles. Again the minimum inside bend radius is even larger when bending with the grain. You described a rough rule to find a steel s minimum bend radius. Plate and sheet bending.

I should imagine that 1 8 will need some pounding to do that or plenty heat. 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. Divide 50 by the material s reduction percentage as specified by the material supplier subtract by 1 and then multiply by the plate thickness. I have to bend some 1 8 steel plate for my juliet ii.

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. I have no idea how i m going to do that yet. Half inch x 12 inch plate rolling and bending to make pipe strap. It needs a z bend in it offsetting the reversing lever by 1 4.

I ve tried the bench vise adjustable crescent wrench method but the bends come out rounder than i d like.