milling 45 degree angle bender brake top die

Here's a few pictures of how I machined the dies for my HF 20T press.

Tom S.


Here's the male die with 60 deg. included angle. I don't have any pictures of the machining but it's essentially the same as the female die.
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I roughed out the female die like so. Did it in two passes as my mill drill has about 18" of X travel.
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I finish machined the male and female dies by clamping the vise to my tilting table.
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And the finished product.
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TomS said:
Here's a few pictures of how I machined the dies for my HF 20T press.

Tom S.


Here's the male die with 60 deg. included angle. I don't have any pictures of the machining but it's essentially the same as the female die.
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I roughed out the female die like so. Did it in two passes as my mill drill has about 18" of X travel.
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I finish machined the male and female dies by clamping the vise to my tilting table.
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And the finished product.
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What size adjustable angle plate is that I was thinking of picking up a 7x5
 
How much travel do you have in the X. I wasn’t even worried about machining a 24 “ long piece in one pass on my 48 “ table until I went to do it! If you want to machine 20” in one pass, check out your first.
 
My mill looks about the same as yours I'm just wondering if I can get buy with th 7x5 table I would like to since they're under 50 pounds what size is yours ???? Opps wrong person lol
 
Curious what you used as steel for the dies?
And how it's been holding up?

Daryl
 
Uglydog said:
Curious what you used as steel for the dies?
And how it's been holding up?

Daryl
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Hot rolled mild steel is what I used. I don't use it every day but it has held up well.

Tom S.
 
What cutter would yall suggest to cut 1018 I was thinking a 1/2 4 flute roughing bit then a regular 1/2 4 flute to finish was wondering if it would be worth it to get a 3/4 roughing endmill ????
 
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