- 1). Put on the safety gloves and goggles. Wear them throughout the process.
- 2). Cut sheet metal you want to bend to size. Remove burrs and sharp edges from the metal before you put it in the vise for bending.
- 3). Grip both the sheet metal and the angle iron firmly in the vise. The sheet metal should be aligned with the bend in the angle iron exactly where you want to bend it. Make sure the angle iron runs the entire width of the sheet metal you want to bend.
- 4). Heat the sheet metal with the propane along the line you will bend it at. Heat it until it is red hot, but do not let it get to white hot.
- 5). Use the pliers to bend the sheet metal gently along the edge of the angle iron. Reheat the sheet metal when it gets too stiff to bend. Continue until it is fully bent to the angle you want.
- 6). Let the sheet metal and angle iron cool naturally. Do not use water or any liquid to cool it down.
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