Bending a thin but large sheet of steel

[Nozzle]

Hi everyone,

The surface of homemade work bench is looking a little battered after weld marks, I've decided to finish it off with a thin sheet of steel, probably 1.6mm. In an ideal world, I'd get the thing already bent with a flange on what would be the front edge to give it resistance to bending and also finish off with a a safer edge. My workbench is 8' wide though, so bending a 1-2cm flange along an 8' length may not be too easy. Is there a trick of the trade? I might have to resort to using a door skin folding tool:

or beating it over with a hammer, but it's not ideal. Is there a trick of the trade to knock up a simple one of these:

Nozzle

 

[Burnerman]

I think the joddler would have its work cut out when dealing with that sort of length and material thickness, and a sheet bender wouldn't be big enough either.
You could try bending the edge over using two long lengths of steel and plenty of cramps, but how about cutting the sheet to exact size, and then finishing the edges with mitred steel angle?
John

 

[Dave54]

You won't get a clean bend on that thickness at that length without a big heavy industrial bender. You'll need to take it to a sheet metal working shop where they have the kit and get it done there. Mark the bend for them so they can just line it up.

 

[Nozzle]

Thanks for your input guys - sure is some food for thought.

Nozzle