Hand Forming Aluminium Sheet

Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards.

Hand forming aluminium sheet.

Some are quite malleable and others so hard and springy as to challenge attempts to work them. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. Some are heat treatable and some are not. Our mallets slappers and hammers along with our shot bags t dollies and forming heads will fully equip you to start shaping metal with the right tools.

Resistance to corrosion varies. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal. Hand forming sheet aluminum requires a knowledge of the characteristics of this metal in the many alloys in which it is available. Flip the sheet over and repeat.

To get a primer on basic metal shaping we headed over to walden speed in pomona. With a combination of these manipulations you can create anything from flat sheet and you can do it by hand. With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet.