How To Straighten Aluminum Sheet

Back to part one straightening tempered aluminum sheets key words.

How to straighten aluminum sheet.

I had to bend some aluminum ears on mounting plate for my underwater camera and lights this is how i did it the wrong way a costly mistake and then how i d. This is really easy especially with a flattening tool. However it will deform the sides of the metal. 15 gauge and 0 063 in.

Insert your aluminum sheet into the brake beneath the removable clamp bar. Aluminum is highly malleable which makes it easy to work with but also easy to accidentally bend. See all 2 photos. This means it s a lot easier to flatten.

Lift the clamp bar away from the rear of the brake frame and slide the sheet in perpendicularly to the direction you want to bend it. 18 gauge 0 050 in. How to straighten aluminum trim bringing back the bling. Aluminum sheet gauge numbers differ from steel sheet gauge numbers.

You have a few options. If you do inadvertently bend a piece of aluminum don t assume it is ruined and throw it away. Stretching hot shrinking annealing metal finishing cold shrinking hot work planishing. With the right tools you can easily straighten aluminum yourself rather than spending money on a new piece of metal.

The metal in the included picture looks relatively small. Repairing aluminum part 2 straightening tempered aluminum sheets. As with a steel part a good start is made by pushing or bumping out with the appropriately contoured tool.