[TheForge] sheet metal brake

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I just finished making sheet metal brake dies for my hydrolic press.  The 
forging dies are 2"x 6" so I wasn't sure how much longer I could  make the 
brake dies.  I ended up making them 11" long. I have room to slide the metal 
in a little further and I could reverse pieces to bend from both ends, so I 
think if I had to I could make a 30" bend.  Curently the longest bend I need 
to make is 16" so I should be OK.

I have a small pan brake designed to make HVAC duct work but it flexes when 
I try to use it on the 16ga and 14ga stuff that I usually work with.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net