Sheet Metal Machine - Garage Extra Part 2 

That's interesting it goes UP to bend "brake" rather than down. The removable dies are super handy when you're making a box or lid. You can remove the side ones or slide them around and use different combinations of widths to make sure the die on top doesn't crease the bits already folded up. You can make some very cool mini tool boxes or battery boxes this way. Also, you can make your own dies. We used to cut up worn or bashed tooling to make custom ones. you can weld additional plates or round the top die to make a rolled radius.. Another tip for doing metal brake work. you will notice the length of your flange you're making seems to get longer, this is because it's effectively "standing" on top of the radius or on top of itself. On thinner metal, it's much less noticeable. but on thicker metal like 1/16th aluminum, you'll notice your flange adds 1/16" in length. Or there abouts, depending on how accurate the fold is. Some dies will stretch/gouge the metal pretty massively, but a way around this is to use a light oil on the die and keep them clean, oiled and shiny. Just be sure to wipe away the oil before welding :P Oh and to make the fold/brake as crip and even as possible... - Set the dies as parallel as possible - this should save all sorts of headaches... I can give you the steps used on a big press: 0. Make sure the bottom die is resting squarely on base and locked in (this is your "Zero") 1. set all top dies in place with the bolts "snug" 2. Drop the arm until the top dies seat to match the bottom machined die and leave in that part of the stroke 3. Tighten the top die bolts 4. Use a test piece, so you can see where the angle you got is in relation to your desired one. - - Now you have a top die that is parallel with the bottom die (and parallel to stroke) - - avoid any really warped sheet metal stock (anything previously worked or warped can take with it some of the previous shaping and cause under/over bends) And Enjoy!

So cool!!!

run some chain through it, it will make a great anchor

I’m sure I was looking at buying one but wasn’t impressed by the video. So I don’t know looks like it could be handy

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