Bending Stainless Steel Flat Bar. Of the two ways heating the stainless steel rod is the most commonly used way to. Anyway 304 is an austenitic stainless steel so it shouldn t lose any strength from the heating. If doing a big bend i would heat with a torch first.
This makes bending stainless steel with common hand tools difficult and a sheet metal brake is often required although one technique to bend stainless steel using hand tools works well on shorter length bends. Due to work hardening bending should be done quickly.
I think dimensions wise your bending brake will work but i don t know if it will be able to put a clean sharp bend in 3 16 bar you think.
Bending the metal when the area along the line is bright orange turn off the torch and set it aside. 304 is a relatively ductile stainless and will bend to some degree. I think dimensions wise your bending brake will work but i don t know if it will be able to put a clean sharp bend in 3 16 bar you think. Most steel bars are either hot rolled or cold rolled.
