@rahix @FreeCAD I totally agree, funnily enough I just dug out this folded metal robot rover I made years back to show someone, all done in sheet metal wb and CAM workbench, I CNC'd the aluminium on a small router I have and folded in my shed. Amazing these tools are available! #freecadfriday
@rahix that looks excellent. Which tooling did you use for the bends?
@cccpresser A small segmented sheet metal brake (box and pan brake). It's been an absolute game changer and actually not too expensive!
@rahix can you please share the product name or link?
This sounds like I need to purchase it :)
And here's the absolute mess of a drawing I made to quickly transfer the pattern to the sheet metal...
@rahix what tools are you using to do these bends? The ones I have learned to use would have troubles with these geometries
@jakob small finger brake/box and pan brake. works pretty well, but you have to put a lot of thought into the design to ensure all bends are possible in the order you need to do them. can share more if you are interested :)