Diy Press Brake

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Diy press brake. Depending on features these machines can get pricey upwards of tens of tho. We will be happy to send you what you need. A press brake is a great tool to have in your shop so that you can bend plate steel.

There is no way around it. In this Instructable I will show you how I made my own press brake. There will be a 15 brake on 1 end to facilitate rapid tooling change for small projects and a press punch on the other.

If you are bottoming the tonnage is 3 to 5 times that of air forming and if you are coining the tonnage is 10 times or more. This is my Bridgeport hogging out the 60 degree wedge shape on the 1 12 x 3 12 piece of steel for the punch side of the brake. Press Brake kit comes unassembled you do the final assembly and welding.

For the hobbyist maintenance shop light duty user and the do it yourselfers. They can be powered many different ways but by far the most popular method is some sort. Some of the iterations of this brake Ive seen only have an angle iron welded to the top punch to achieve the wedge shape or a 90 degree wedge shape but the result is that achieving a 90 degree bend is nearly impossible because of the flex-back of the material.

The one in the video is a Hougan 904. 4x6x12 wall uprights horizontal beams. Its called a Magnetic Base Drill or mag-drill.

Check them out by clicking the pictures below. H eavy duty 20 ton press brake diy builder kit. I made my own press brake for bending plate steel and small tubing years ago and still use it to this day.