Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent.
Diy aluminum siding brake.
Professional siding crews and heating ventilating air conditioning hvac technicians may work with metal brakes on a daily basis and can justify purchasing a metal brake as a legitimate cost of doing business.
I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.
This will also minimize the risk of making a mistake and wasting the expensive aluminum siding.
A siding brake bends aluminum or bendable vinyl siding to the angles you want using leverage from a hinged joint.
A hand brake is suitable for bending aluminum siding this is the most simple type of brake because it will only be able to bend the metal in one direction.
A brake is an essential tool for working with sheet metal.
It will be much easier to bend the aluminum siding accurately if you first take the time to make a template out of cardboard.
Step 2 making a template.
After all this is exactly what you want.
Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just.