I should imagine that 1 8 will need some pounding to do that or plenty heat.
													
																	Bending 1 8 steel plate. 
									
	
		
	
																	You described a rough rule to find a steel s minimum bend radius. 
																	I have no idea how i m going to do that yet. 
																	I ve tried the bench vise adjustable crescent wrench method but the bends come out rounder than i d like. 
																	In steel between 0 5 and 0 8 in. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	I have to bend some 1 8 steel plate for my juliet ii. 
																	Half inch x 12 inch plate rolling and bending to make pipe strap. 
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																	It needs a z bend in it offsetting the reversing lever by 1 4. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	I d like to make a couple of brackets out of 1 8 or 3 16 most bending brakes can t bend such thick metal. 
																	Divide 50 by the material s reduction percentage as specified by the material supplier subtract by 1 and then multiply by the plate thickness. 
																	Plate and sheet bending. 
																	In a previous bending basics article you mention a material s tensile reduction percentage used for calculating the minimum inside bend radius of various metals. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Again the minimum inside bend radius is even larger when bending with the grain.