Bending metal, whether for a roll cage, a bracket, some decorative trim piece, or whatever requires some level of precision regardless of the project. There are lots of tools available to bend metal of all kinds, and with varying levels of precision, but no matter which tool you use there is still some measuring and figuring that is required in order to make the best bends you can. It’s not that you can’t make pretty parts without the math, but they aren’t going to fit like you want.
In this video you’ll see ThisOldTony making a simple bent sheetmetal holder for his cell phone. It’s a super simple bending project, but one that when done just a tiny bit off makes a huge difference in how the phone fits. Follow along as he gives great instruction.
How have I missed this guys channel. Now down the rabbit hole.
Wow, flashback to die making class from 30 years ago.
Mmm, seems like Tony gets a D for having his bracket not come out to any reasonable tolerance for the critical desired dimension. Considering his tooling, should have used the “setback” method he describes toward the end but chooses not to employ, rather than bend allowance which is better for other applications.
That said, the pace and humor were great. Worth watching to gain some experience without any pain/effort.
It’s an instructional video, and it wouldn’t have needed explaining if it was bent correctly. His knowledge is enough to where I doubt he just forgot how to bend it properly.
I turned if off when he started doing the metric system. I hate metric.