I need to make a tight 90 bend in a small ( DL envelope ) bit of 1.5mm stainless sheet.
No access to a folding table which would be ideal. Its random but its a transfer ramp off a conveyor belt onto a circular holding table. The bottles currently march down the belt and hit the ramp that was designed by Steve Wonder and they catch, then fall over. Blocking the exit and causing the conveyor to back up. It really annoys me so the current POS is going and a new ramp is going to be fabricated in my garage.
Tools available. Hammers , Grindrs , Vice , Molegrips , Adjustables and Mapgas
My thinking is grind out a thin line at the correct place for the fold . Clamp in vice . Apply some heat then fold manually. This will inevitably radius the corner so it might need dressing with a lump hammer to tighten the radius.Â
Any better solutions / advice / tips would be most welcome. I should have enough material for 2 attempts if the first effort is worser then Steves.
