Curved flange bender for light gauge sheet metal

**brianhw** · Sep 3, 2016, 03:20 PM

Had the need to form flanges on curved profile light gauge sheet metal recently, so made up this handy little tool to do the job, Using materials I had to hand, - see assembly and demo on the YouTube video below:-

**DIYer** · Sep 7, 2016, 06:20 AM

Thanks brianhw! We've added your Curved Flange Bender to our Metalworking category,
as well as to your builder page: brianhw's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Curved Flange Bender by brianhw

tags: sheetmetal, flange, bender

**kess** · Sep 7, 2016, 08:29 AM

Hi brianhw,
Very nice and clever tool.
Thanks for shairing.
Regards Bill

**C-Bag** · Sep 7, 2016, 02:06 PM

Especially the no frills/just the facts vid!

**locostracer** · Sep 7, 2016, 05:33 PM

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Had the need to form flanges on curved profile light gauge sheet metal recently, so made up this handy little tool to do the job, Using materials I had to hand, - see assembly and demo on the YouTube video below:-

I very much like your curved edge flanging tool. I've already got a bead roller, tipping dies, and a shrinker stretcher I use for the same purpose which work very nicely for me. If I didn't already have those in the shop, I would be making one based on your design. Will keep this in mind for our local HS Electric Vehicle Race Team as this would be rather easy for them to use and certainly much nicer on their very thin budget. Great idea, and well worth the effort and cost to make. Nicely done!

**Kaiju** · Sep 8, 2016, 06:58 AM

Awesomeness!

I can see this bugger being quite helpful.

Thanks brianhw,
Geoff

**Paul Jones** · Sep 8, 2016, 02:35 PM

Hi brianhw,

Yes, a really nice design and will be a great addition to the HMT tools collection. Your YouTube video will make building and using one of these a lot easier.

Thanks for the posting, Paul

**Okapi** · Feb 28, 2017, 02:13 AM

Hi brianhw,
Nice tool, it solves a recurrent

problem, thanks a lot !
Have a nice day.
Pierre

**Tuomas** · Feb 28, 2017, 04:14 AM

Thanks Brian.That solves my problem how to make flanges to curved sheets.

**Savage11** · Sep 19, 2019, 07:20 PM

You need to patent this tool. It can be used in sheet metal shops all over the world. This is a must have tool for male radius fittings like OG offsets and elbows. Well done sir!!!