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pacificpainting(at)comcas Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:20 am Post subject: sheet metal brake |
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I know this subject has been brought up before, and I looked back in the archives to check it out, but I'm thinking about getting a 48" brake for bending some brackets, some L metal strips and just generally light stuff. I don't want to build one. I'm already building an airplane. Looks like they are around a hundred bucks or so. Has anyone any experience with these. I know there are a lot of different brands but generally speaking what do you think?
Dave in Salem
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Geoff Heap
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 266 Location: Lindenwold, New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:53 am Post subject: Re: sheet metal brake |
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Must be that excellent rivet gun you have. Or is it still working?
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject: sheet metal brake |
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Quote: | Dave, if your going to bend L brackets its very
easy to just bend them in a vise with a form block
that has a 1/8 radius. After forming the meatal over
the block finish it with a pair vise grips with two
bars glued or welded to the grips. There's always
a way to make parts without spending an enormouse
amount of money. RJS Do not archive
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Quote: | I know this subject has been brought up before, and
I looked back in the archives to check it out, but
I'm thinking about getting a 48" brake for bending
some brackets, some L metal strips and just
generally light stuff. I don't want to build one.
I'm already building an airplane. Looks like they
are around a hundred bucks or so. Has anyone any
experience with these. I know there are a lot of
different brands but generally speaking what do you
think?
Dave in Salem
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pacificpainting(at)comcas Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: sheet metal brake |
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I suppose you are right.
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject: sheet metal brake |
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Hi Dave,
I bought one of the really cheap bending brakes (18" I think) from Harbor Freight. It worked OK but was not easy to use because of the way the clamping bar had to be held down with vice grips or C-clamps. I got a nicer one from Grizzley (24") and had to make several modifications to get it to work at all. It includes a clamping mechanism (toggle clamps) but they needed to be cut off the main section to work at all since they were so poorly aligned.
I also added a piece cut from a 1/4 inch aluminum extrusion which had the 1/8" radius already built into the edge to the clamping bar.. This is needed to form most of the parts on Zenith designs since they call for that radius on all bends. Both small brakes I bought were not designed to include any radius in the bends.
I rely on ZAC for bends over 24". Oddly enough, I have found that most of the parts I wanted to replace were actually small enough to bend on the 24" brake. There doesn't seem to be many between the 24" limit and the huge bends in spar parts.
Have fun,
Paul
XL fuselage
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Quote: | I know this subject has been brought up before, and I looked back in the archives to check it out, but I'm thinking about getting a 48" brake for bending some brackets, some L metal strips and just generally light stuff. I don't want to build one. I'm already building an airplane. Looks like they are around a hundred bucks or so. Has anyone any experience with these. I know there are a lot of different brands but generally speaking what do you think?
Dave in Salem
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Ron Lendon

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 685 Location: Clinton Twp., MI
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pacificpainting(at)comcas Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject: Sheet Metal Brake |
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OK, OK,
You guys talked me out of it. I'll just do my bends with the stuff I have and I'm sure they will be fine.
Once again I have been temporarily brought back to my senses. I wonder how long it will last this time.
Thanks,
Dave in Salem - Bending the old fashioned way.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:16 am Post subject: Sheet Metal Brake |
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Dave Clay from Temple, Texas came out with a very easy to make design. It took me about 4 hours to put together. I actually have an 8 foot brake with a nice 1/8 radius for under $100.00. Thanks to Dave.
It is published on the 601 web site.
http://www.ch601.org/tools/bendbrake/brakeplans.pdf
Hope this helps
Jean-Paul Roy
701, starting on wings
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