temol
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This type of enclosure is beyond possibilities of my metal bender. There's couple bends here, impossible to make on a Box & Pan brake. This requires press brake.
Sheet metal enclosures... inspire me
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Definitely an odd box
Harry Klippton
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I second that
temol
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Aluminium. 1,5mm thick (16 gauge), 1050A type.
Tips on bending.. get familiar with your bending tool, its limitations. First plan, visualize all the steps, then bend. Order of the bends is important. I often make a test bend using narrow piece of aluminium, just to make sure I have came up with correct bending sequence.
Drill all the holes before bending. It's much easier to drill and deburr holes on a flat surface.
If you have two separate elements, with holes that should align, drill only one hole before bending. It's almost 100% certain that the holes will not match.
Try not to overbend, sometimes is very hard to correct it.
Accuracy and precision are essential. Measure 100 times before making a bend. Any sloppiness here will cause misalignment, fitting issues. I try to keep accuracy below 0.2mm - in terms of dimensions, bend lines, positioning, etc.
Tips on bending.. get familiar with your bending tool, its limitations. First plan, visualize all the steps, then bend. Order of the bends is important. I often make a test bend using narrow piece of aluminium, just to make sure I have came up with correct bending sequence.
Drill all the holes before bending. It's much easier to drill and deburr holes on a flat surface.
If you have two separate elements, with holes that should align, drill only one hole before bending. It's almost 100% certain that the holes will not match.
Try not to overbend, sometimes is very hard to correct it.
Accuracy and precision are essential. Measure 100 times before making a bend. Any sloppiness here will cause misalignment, fitting issues. I try to keep accuracy below 0.2mm - in terms of dimensions, bend lines, positioning, etc.
peccary
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Those look fantastic, that's impressive. What kind of bender do you have that allows you to bend two edges together to form a corner?
temol
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Harry Klippton
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Beautiful
peccary
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That's gorgeous, well done!
temol
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Bench hand shear - perimeter cuts, hacksaw and file - inside cuts.
Yeah, I know.. top mounted jacks. Almost a standard nowadays. Next time..
Thank you guys for your kind words!