Press Brake

[Peter Dahlman]

This has been on my todo list for a long time, finally

 

[brino]

Nicely Done!
-brino

 

[ch2co]

Gorgeous! I've almost embarked on putting one together for quite a while, but I have a sheet metal shop with a 180 ton 10ft. Cincinnati.
Still on weekends or at 2:30 in the morning when you just need to bend something.......
Where did you get the dies, buy or make them yourself?

CHuck the grumpy old guy

 

[Peter Dahlman]

Thank's!
The dies are actually scrap pieces from a big Ursviken press brake. It's nice because it has different radius on each side.
I got one more thing to fix on this project, i'am going to split the upper tool in 5 different sizes for boxing etc. That's why there are some many bolts there.

 

[FOMOGO]

Great job on that. Something else I need to put on the list. Mike

 

[mws]

On my list too. Nice project. Question: What's the angle on the dies? I little less (more acute) than 90 I imagine?

 

[Peter Dahlman]

Hi!
I'am not sure about the angle of the dies, i can take some measurements. But they allow more than 90 degrees bending. To achive a 90 bend you have to slightly bend pass that because the material is flexing back a bit. But it works surprisingly good / effortless