An Improved Homemade Brake

[rgsparber]

I have many ways to bend a piece of sheet metal. Often, it goes into my vise, and I hit it with a rubber mallet. Good enough. But when I need to make more than one bend, why didn't my homemade brake ever come to mind? The answer, which was a long time coming, was that it was not useful. Once I realized this fact, I modified the brake until it was a tool I wanted to use. Here is what I did.

If you are interested, please see

https://rick.sparber.org/ImprovedHomemadeBrake.pdf


Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick

[Altair]

Thanks rgsparber! We've added your Sheetmetal Brake to our Brakes and Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: rgsparber's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Sheetmetal Brake by rgsparber

tags: brake