metal ?s for a oven

[jclc43837]

i got my frame done for my oven and had a few questions on how did you go about bending your metal for your oven did you have a metal shop bend it or did you bend it yourself, and what gauge is best to use, i was going to go with 20 gauge is that to thick

[JTW37]

The sheet metal I got the first was 28ga. But it was to thin. What I got for my second oven was 22ga. I can't say 20 is too thick. I seen different gages used for ovens. As heavy as 16ga. That takes a bit longer to heat to temp, but will hold the temp longer. That's what your looking for I think. Is what you want your oven to do. So I guess that don't really answer your question for that.

As for bending the sheet, I have a 4 ft. brake, so I bent my own. But have a metal shop do it if you don't have a brake. I don't know if or what they would charge.

How about some pics of your frame so far?

[Kyrasis6]

I'm building my oven in panels so that I won't have to bend any sheet metal. If need be you can go up to lowes or home depot and get some angle aluminum. It has a sharper edge than angle iron, clamp a piece on either side of the line you want to bend, fasten it to something (I like to c-clamp it to a table) then take a third piece to bend it. This may not work for thicker gauges though.