Homemade Sheet Metal Brake and Bender
PLANS:
None. For all tools with plans, click here.
BUILDER:
Motorhead on fordmuscleforums.com
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade sheet metal brake and bender fashioned from square tubing, angle iron, and U-bolts. Bending force is produced by tightening the U-bolts.
RATING:
(0)
Mar 07, 2014 11:50 AM
daveward
With all due respect, the time it took to create this could have been used to make a levered brake...easier to use than all nut tightening.
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DIY Sheet Metal Brake and Bender - comment on how to build a Sheet Metal Brake and Bender - 1 comments
daveward says:
Mar 07, 2014 11:50 AM
With all due respect, the time it took to create this could have been used to make a levered brake...easier to use than all nut tightening.
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