Abstract: A sheet metal bending tool for bending materials, such as flat metal sheets is disclosed. The tool has a restraining base for receiving and cooperatively holding a sheet metal workpiece and the tool has a bending component that is rotatably mounted to the restraining base, the workpiece is held, cooperating with the restraining base component, and the clamp bar for stabilizing the workpiece while the workpiece is held and bent by the rotating action of the bending component. In the preferred embodiment, the workpiece is restrained by a template comprising a pattern of holes drilled, a hole receiving a peg or means of stop, the stops (pegs) constraining the workpiece from movement while being bent act like a jig for measuring and predetermined incumbents. Holes are also drilled in restraining base and in the bending component at spaced intervals along lines that are run parallel to the line defined by the intersection of the bending component and the restraining base.

Abstract: A sheet metal bending tool for bending materials, such as flat metal sheets is disclosed. The tool has a restraining base for receiving and cooperatively holding a sheet metal workpiece and the tool has a bending component that is rotatably mounted to the restraining base, the workpiece is held, cooperating with the restraining base component, and the clamp bar for stabilizing the workpiece while the workpiece is held and bent by the rotating action of the bending component. In the preferred embodiment, the workpiece is restrained by a template comprising a pattern of holes drilled, a hole receiving a peg or means of stop, the stops (pegs) constraining the workpiece from movement while being bent act like a jig for measuring and predetermined incumbents. Holes are also drilled in restraining base and in the bending component at spaced intervals along lines that are run parallel to the line defined by the intersection of the bending component and the restraining base.