Compound Angle Sheet Metal

End angle refers to the angle on the end of the piece when it is laying in the horizontal plane like on the top of a tablesaw.

Compound angle sheet metal.

The compound angle formula is. Compound leverage lets you form effortlessly without making relief cuts heating or hammer forming. Sin a b opposite side a hypotenuse a adjacent side b hypotenuse b adjacent side a hypotenuse a opposite side b hypotenuse b. Hillman 1 2 in dia x 3 ft l plain hot rolled.

Sin a b sinacosb cosasinb. End angles are given in relation to a square end. 0 is a square ended piece 45 is a piece cut with a 1 1 angle. End angle is the angle you d set your crosscut fence to.

It s perfect for forming windshield frames wheel well shapes or anywhere you need to stretch sheet metal. Substitute the sine and cosine for angle a and sine and cosine for angle b in the compound angle formula. For pricing and availability. The bend angle is determined by the depth that the punch forces the sheet into the die.

For pricing and availability. Reproduce wheel well flanges compound dog legs trunk corners cab corners and windshield frames anything combining a curve and angle. Use the calculator to take the inverse sine of the sum of the two products to find the compound angle a b. Hillman 1 1 2 in w x 1 1 2 in h x 6 ft l plain hot rolled steel solid angle.

The substitution produces the formula. The cutters are offset below the handle so you can keep your cutting sheet metal hand above the work and the compound action allows you to cut thicker material with less effort. The sheet is placed between the two and held in place by the backstop. Green snips are designed to cut clockwise curves and red snips to cut counterclockwise curves.