Sheet metal brake

[willowbilly3]

A friend and I have just about finished building a 4'8" sheet metal brake. We built it from materials I had found on a cleanup job, 4 inch angle iron and some heavy wall 3 inch square tubing. We tried to bend some 14 guage yesterday and things flex a bit so we have some reinforcing to do. It worked fine on 18 guage though. I will post some pictures when we get it done and painted.
A 4 footer costs $649 plus tax at Tractor Supply. We have maybe $10 into grinding wheels and welding supplys. And probably a total of 6-8 man hours.

[FORDification]

hey cool....I've been thinking I need something like that for some of my projects. Post some pics if you can and show us your creation.

[72hiboy4x4]

here is a link to some more projects for ya. enjoy!



http://www.metalwebnews.com/mf.html

[hardtailjohn]

You might also want to check out www.metalmeet.com some really neat stuff in there!
John H.

[crazy larry]

I wanna see!!!???

and yes, metalmeet.com, next to this place, is THE best forum on the net.
oh, and HR.com....