Diy Aluminum Siding Brake

Use scrap lumber to make a brake that is effective when only a few bends will be necessary.

Diy aluminum siding brake.

A purpose made brake isn t necessary if you are going to be bending only a few pieces of coiled siding. Generally i ll stick the piece to be bent in the vise and smack it around until it s bent. Since it almost always bends crooked i end up rebending and generally just. A siding brake bends aluminum or bendable vinyl siding to the angles you want using leverage from a hinged joint.

Step 2 making a template. After all this is exactly what you want. It will be much easier to bend the aluminum siding accurately if you first take the time to make a template out of cardboard. I love working with metal but i ve always struggled to get perfect 90 bends.

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. This will also minimize the risk of making a mistake and wasting the expensive aluminum siding.