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.

Save space in your shop by cutting bending and curving sheet metal with a single machine. It has two cutting edges for twice the life. This sturdy professional quality bending brake is ideal for bending heavy foils and light gauge metals or for forming acrylics and plastics. You can make smaller or larger bends this way.

Get it as soon as wed sep 9. The eastwood 6 inch vise press brake features. Kaka bds 8 8 inches sheet metal vice brake. 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.

Grizzly h3243 4 vise brake these have to be the slickest and cheapest way to bend sheet metal. A cornice brake only allows for simple bends and creases while a box and pan brake also allows one to form box and pan shapes. The dies mount into your vise and are held magnetically. Free shipping by amazon.

4 3 out of 5 stars 6. The important detail is that it does bend metal. Slide your sheet metal in and bend by tightening the vise. It is also known as a bending machine or bending brake or as a sheet metal folder or just a folder.

Vise mount press metal brake bender attachment cross slide on workbench for bend sheet. The brake is compact and lightweight yet sturdy enough for professional production runs. 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. Make reinforcement channels ribs and much more.

Easy to use vise mount design. Use the blade on the shear to make clean straight cuts. What is a sheet metal brake a brake is a metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal. 3 9 out of 5 stars 13.

The only thing i would change is that the steel blade has a sharp edge. The magnets that hold the tool in the vise are strong and adequate. If you need to bend up a 2 box the full length of the blade is in your way. Position your sheet metal in the location desired to make the bend then tighten the vise until the desired bend has been made.

The removable jaw sections is nice. The brake can handle a lot more than they say but that s really dependent on your vice and how strong it is. Also known as shear brake rolls. The reason for this was that i had placed the steel plate over the hinges.

I have bent 2 wide steel stock thicker then the maximum recommended without problem.