Bending 22 Gauge Spring Steel Sheet

22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm 0 5 12 7mm.

Bending 22 gauge spring steel sheet.

M d building products 56066 1 feet by 2 feet 22 ga weldable steel sheet 4 6 out of 5. The gauge number 18. The steel is 1095 spring steel it s 032 thick by 200 wide. I tried annealing the ends with an oxy acetylene torch.

Category thickness minimum bend bend radius. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. I ve tried bending it as is it just snapped. I also tried annealing with a band blade welder which really didn t work it just made the steel terribly brittle and weak.

One bend out of four worked there. These sheets have a softened temper which is also known as annealed so they can be easily formed into shape and then heat treated for. As an example if you want to bend 24 gauge sheet metal at a 90 angle the calculation would be. It will rust in a jiffy though so some care must be given when wetting the wooden side of a guitar while bending.

4 people found. 0 017453 x 90 x 0 020 0 33 x 0 024 0 0438558984 inch bend allowance keep in mind that some metals are more brittle than others. 22 gauge 0 030 0 76 mm.