Mini Press Break

Getaway

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It seems like I always have a need to bend a small piece of heavy sheetmetal for a bracket or something. Just could not do a very good job with the vise and a hammer so I bought a Vise Brake from Grizzly. It was not much better than the vise and hammer. I fabricated a small hydraulic press to hold the vise break parts. Bends .074 SS like a champ.

Mini break .jpg Mini break-1.jpg Mini breal-2.jpg Mini break-3.jpg
 
Looks real nice, looks like it should make some nice bends.
 
Nice bender. Do you have any more info on the grizzly vise break? Couldn't find it on their site
 
Using the square stock for uprights as well as guides for the upper die was a great idea.
 
Hey Getaway,

Nice design, you'll be using that for years........and I bet have a lot of the "sincerest form of flattery" in the way of "imitation"!

I have the Lee Valley vice bending jig:
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32011&cat=1,43456,43407

problems:
-it is too narrow at only 3"
-on a small vice it is too "deep"; by the time the jaws are open wide enough for the tool the screw is out of the vice!

I started using it in my home-made shop press too. It works great there, I just needed to set both halves on another metal spacer due to the little lips for catching the vice jaws. I would also be interested in getting a larger set.

Do you have any more info on the grizzly vise break? Couldn't find it on their site

Hi sanddan, seeing the better one made me look too, I found these links to the 4", 5" and 6" ones respectively.....
http://www.grizzly.com/products/4-Vise-Brake/H3243
http://www.grizzly.com/products/5-Vise-Brake/H3244
http://www.grizzly.com/products/6-Vise-Brake/H3245

Another benefit to the Grizzly ones is that the male die is replaceable......hmmm, I wonder what shipping would cost me....

-brino
 
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