Vice Sheet Metal Brake

This vise brake allows me to do this without the purchase of a very expensive heavy duty sheet metal brake.

Vice sheet metal brake. The only thing i would change is that the steel blade has a sharp edge. The dies mount into your vise and are held magnetically. The magnets that hold the tool in the vise are strong and adequate. Kaka bds 8 8 inches sheet metal vice brake.

The brake is compact and lightweight yet sturdy enough for professional production runs. I have bent 2 wide steel stock thicker then the maximum recommended without problem. It has two cutting edges for twice the life. The eastwood 6 inch vise press brake features.

However as i had designed the brake the bending point was 1 8 above the pivot point of the hinge see left side of drawing. This sturdy professional quality bending brake is ideal for bending heavy foils and light gauge metals or for forming acrylics and plastics. Produce crisp accurate bends at angles up to 90 create complex shapes. Get it as soon as wed sep 9.

If you need to bend up a 2 box the full length of the blade is in your way. Free shipping by amazon. The brake can handle a lot more than they say but that s really dependent on your vice and how strong it is. Easy to use vise mount design.

The removable jaw sections is nice. Save space in your shop by cutting bending and curving sheet metal with a single machine. Create complex shapes such as reinforcement channels ribs and much more all with one convenient easy to store tool. Use the blade on the shear to make clean straight cuts.

Grizzly h3243 4 vise brake these have to be the slickest and cheapest way to bend sheet metal. A press brake makes bends up to 90. Vise mount press metal brake bender attachment cross slide on workbench for bend sheet. Make reinforcement channels ribs and much more.

It is also known as a bending machine or bending brake or as a sheet metal folder or just a folder. What is a sheet metal brake a brake is a metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal. Also known as shear brake rolls. The important detail is that it does bend metal.

3 9 out of 5 stars 13. You can make smaller or larger bends this way. The bending brake s design allows for a full 90º capacity in steel as thick as 16 gauge and can handle stock up to 18 in. The reason for this was that i had placed the steel plate over the hinges.

Slide your sheet metal in and bend by tightening the vise.