Homemade Sheet Metal Punch

Create a raised edge in sheet metal that locks into the rolled edge of another piece.

Homemade sheet metal punch. Adjust the brake so as to be adjoined to metal strip tightly. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. Benders crimpers flarers. Place the sheet metal in the correct position on the positive die and slide the negative on top.

Punching is a forming process that uses a punch press to force a tool called a punch through the workpiece to create a hole via shearing punching is applicable to a wide variety of materials that come in sheet form including sheet metal paper vulcanized fibre and some forms of plastic sheet. Sheet metal hole flaring dies. Used in conjunction with a press. Sheet metal locking crimpers.

The punch often passes through the work into a die a scrap slug from the hole is deposited into. Place another piece from the same sheet metal strip 0 50mm vertically onto the bed and between the brake and the first one. It s like a little metal sandwich. Once again place the sheet metal strip 0 50mm from previous step between bender and bed but this time a little higher from the surface of bed bender.

Combine the cutting base and a corner punch to make rounded corners in sheet metal. Homemade sheetmetal punch constructed from a surplus leaf spring engine valve stem and bar stock. Sep 27 2015 this pin was discovered by john carro.