I'm itching to build something but my Wife wants something "useful" she wants a garden trellis or decorative gate.
so....anyone know where I can get some plans for a bending brake?
Peter
I'm itching to build something but my Wife wants something "useful" she wants a garden trellis or decorative gate.
so....anyone know where I can get some plans for a bending brake?
Peter
Here's a link to a 6" brake that I suppose you could modify to any width you like. It has a lot of nice diagrams and pictures. It's a first class job for a homemade brake.
I used these plans to fabricate a brake. Needed to bend 1/8" 4130 and this unit worked like a charm. I modified the plans to make it a 12" brake....
Lately it has been one of the more useful tools in the shop while making my tail wheel assembly.
Merle ..snip
Wonderful!
Hey Peter
I m the guy that designed and built the brake that Jack posted on his web page. I just wanted you to know that Jack didn t get all of the information onto his site. If you want all available info that I supplied go to
Merle
Comments like yours make me glad that I spent the time to put all the info for building this brake onot the internet . I am amazed at how wide spread this project has become . It ends up showing up at several different site that I visit. Im just truely glad that something that I designed and built is actually useful to others.
Thanks for sending it out there I'm sure it'll be built many times it's a good design...nice welds by the way.
Peter
Thanks Dan. It really works well.
I also made up a flat plate but made it adjustable (forward and backward) with plates underneath with various radius to bend different thickness of
4130. It works great for my application.Thanks again for a really neat and useful tool
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