Press brake for modified HF shop press

[everlastsupport]

Scooter,

On the plasma, move fast with plenty of amps and make sure you have a good dryer and you should have no slag at all. Those inline silica bead types work really well, harbor freight has them for $8. Use the chipping hammer and it does come off easy if I do have some to knock off, avoid doing it on concrete . Plasma cutters sure make life a lot easier.

I'll get over and get some 1/2 and 3/4 plate (drops) soon and get started on the brake, that way if I do buy the press it will fit and 18+ inches, that's pretty wide. I think the HF press is like 22 wide inside to inside. Too many project and never enough time.

[jtybt]

Sheeeit, I need one of them. Kinda tuff trying to bend everything with a hammer on the side of the bench. Got a 12 ton HF which is good enuff for doing stuck bearings. Should be good enuff for 1/8"...maybe 3/16"?

I remember some decades ago on my first try pressing out something on a big shop press. I figured it wrong and was pressing the wrong way. A piece broke and went flying and hit a wall 20 yds away. I'm much more respectful of presses now.

[Jason]

I too have planned to build one for my 12 ton press but have not got around to it yet with everything else. If you use a little heat, I bet you could bend thicker material.

[yotarover]

it's idea's like this that help ppl with a budget. complete projects and save money; yeah there's a whole lotta threads out there that show the same thing but when somebody else makes or does something new and shows what they did. it helps keep the diy trend alive along with showing that human skills besides being a desk corp monkey still exist.