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DIY Metal Brake plans

09:57 AM 05-27-2009
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#1
FunkSkunk
I've done some research on metal brakes and I've found a couple sources on how to make your own. Post up your thoughts or projects!:cheers2:



Miller metal brake --> http://www.millerwelds.com/interests...bending-brake/




Forum thread on one ---> http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=2048
And a couple pics from the above thread on a homemade one, makes sense if you look at it close enough... (this is my fav, and may be the next project on my list :D)






Another sheet metal brake plan --> http://bd-4.org/bendingbrake.html





And another from a forum---> http://www.toolandfab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=599




The previous Link got his idea from these plans ---> http://www.majorleagueduning.com/tech/Brake/Brake.htm


:pickle::banana::pickle:
Hope this helps!
10:43 AM 05-27-2009
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#2
Unlimited04
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :D
01:36 PM 05-28-2009
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#3
FunkSkunk
Has anybody made their own metal brake?
01:45 PM 05-28-2009
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#4
RavenCorax
ya my dad has mad a few in his almost 40 some odd years of sheet metal got a few sitting around the garage. mostly 2 or 4 feet for the thin thin flashing they use nowadays.
07:21 AM 05-29-2009
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#5
FitchVA
i made this small and really simple "brake" to help bend up some light gauge metal for some switch boxes i made once.





it was made to be clamped into a table vise and also used a set of vise grip pliers as the pull handle. there is a small piece of strap that would get clamped down on top of the piece.

it worked well for what i had at the time (in an apartment). it was able to turn this:



into this:



09:58 PM 05-29-2009
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#6
MlSTER_ROGERS
These dont look too bad to make. What gauge did you bend with the last one?
03:37 PM 05-30-2009
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#7
FitchVA
22 gauge .
08:36 AM 05-31-2009
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#8
jason m
hey FitchVA how hard was it to cut that section of RR track:D they dont cut easy ( well for me anyways ) and i used a ton of oxyegen to do it.

jason.
03:12 PM 05-31-2009
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#9
BESRK
I want to see someone's homemade pressbrake capable of doing about 4-5 ft of 3/16" or 2-3 ft of 1/4".... :D
05:13 PM 05-31-2009
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#10
rustywrangler
Quote:
Originally Posted by FunkSkunk
Has anybody made their own metal brake?

Your links just inspired me to start another one. I have a "modified" HF 36" that I can bend 1/8" with.
05:13 PM 05-31-2009
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#11
rustywrangler
Quote:
Originally Posted by BESRK
I want to see someone's homemade pressbrake capable of doing about 4-5 ft of 3/16" or 2-3 ft of 1/4".... :D
Just show us yours now. showoff. :cheers:
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