More in Home Improvement Use a marker to draw lines on the
square piece of sheet metal where it's to be bent. Use metal
snips to cut one line on each corner of the metal to the point
that it intersects with another line. Place the metal on the
brake's platform, and align the point to be bent with the seam
on the platform. Place the brake bar on top of the sheet metal.
Use C-clamps to tighten the brake bar (Image 1). Pull the levers
on the metal brake to an upright position to make the bending
point (Image 2). Loosen the C-clamps and repeat steps 1 and 2 to
make additional bends on the remaining sides of the metal. When
folded, the box will have protruding squares of metal. Fold each
of these to the outside of the box, against the sides. Drill a
hole through each corner of the box as pilot holes for the
rivets (Image 1). Use a rivet gun to rivet the corners of the
box to secure the sides (Image 2). © 2013 Scripps Networks, LLC.
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