So the dies actually need to be under sized. To allow for material thickness. So if you need a 1” wide piece out to out and your bending 1/8 material you would need a die 3/4 wide.
I apologize, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are you saying cut a solid top die Press Brake into smaller segments in order to make it a finger brake? If so, you could but you would then need a clamping bar to hold the fingers.
@Archie Bunker They never said this was an industrial tool. It beats ... no pun intended ... trying to bend sheet metal in a bench vise with a block of wood and a hammer.
For the press, can you guys develop a set of dies for bending solid round bar? I tried to put a 90 bend in some 1/2” round using the HD press and dented a die.
Bending round bar is very tricky. I would estimate that in your case you would need a punch with atleast a 6mm radius and also a v of between 60 to 100mm due to the inner radius that it will automatically bend to. Moreover you might need a die with bearings on the shoulder of the die to minimize friction during bending.
You being the professional and , well the upper fingers are called PUNCHS the lower are called Die. Male= Punch Female = Die. Just saying. your hemming die sets are referred to as Acute angle die sets. Each die set will have material clearance to handle the different thickness. The lower die can brake if the material is too thick.
Funny looking goose neck. And that's not all they are for. Yours is cut custom for what ever reason. You should be able to brake a .75 lip 90 and then feed the piece in another 0.75 and brake 90. Up over and down. You can Fab shit like wrecker trucks and service beds and tool boxes and I have always cut my dies to width as needed. The it is referred to as a box break.
Couldn’t I do shallow pans and boxes with the gooseneck set and not need the hemming at all? No sarcasm, I’m truly new to the bending world of metal brakes, I bought one from HF and wanna master it. 😊
Sounds like you got it figured out! All you need for small boxes and pans is a finger brake and maybe some gooseneck dies depending on the size of what you're bending.
What we offer are dies that are specifically designed to make certain bends and hems easier to do, that cannot be made with standard or conventional dies.
Camera to see your back and then struggle to see past you to the work you did, hmmmmm dude really. Also I have your gear here. So I pressed a nut against a finger die and found the nut dented the finger die. I thought those would have been made from tool steel rockwell hard hard. Guess not
I bought the 40 inch finger brake kit and the dies. Fantastic
Great video, I recently purchased the ports and table and I'm getting ready to buy the heavy duty finger break.
Must have for any DYI fabricator
So the dies actually need to be under sized. To allow for material thickness. So if you need a 1” wide piece out to out and your bending
1/8 material you would need a die 3/4 wide.
How do you make a large radius bend, like 1/4"? Is the bottom die have a wide enough V?
Rv4 Guy you can get all different sorts of dyes for different applications
Radiused dies
I have a large 45* die in the bottom and you can take a dowel pin and weld it on a punch to achieve the radius
Sure hope to have that set up some day soon
Can’t you just use a horizontal bandsaw to cut the solid die into fingers?
I apologize, but I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are you saying cut a solid top die Press Brake into smaller segments in order to make it a finger brake? If so, you could but you would then need a clamping bar to hold the fingers.
So what are the dies made of?
The dies are made with 1/2" plate steel.
@Archie Bunker They never said this was an industrial tool. It beats ... no pun intended ... trying to bend sheet metal in a bench vise with a block of wood and a hammer.
As me dad said to me you don’t need a long neck to be a goose 👍🇦🇺 nice ideas 💡
How did you guys get the bottle jack to be air operated?
We replaced the manual bottle jack with a 20 Air Over Hydraulic Jack from Harbor Freight.
For the press, can you guys develop a set of dies for bending solid round bar? I tried to put a 90 bend in some 1/2” round using the HD press and dented a die.
Bending round bar is very tricky. I would estimate that in your case you would need a punch with atleast a 6mm radius and also a v of between 60 to 100mm due to the inner radius that it will automatically bend to. Moreover you might need a die with bearings on the shoulder of the die to minimize friction during bending.
I run a 200 ton press so I find this interesting.
You being the professional and , well the upper fingers are called PUNCHS the lower are called Die. Male= Punch Female = Die. Just saying.
your hemming die sets are referred to as Acute angle die sets.
Each die set will have material clearance to handle the different thickness. The lower die can brake if the material is too thick.
racinford1 I appreciate this comment, I actually learned something neat from it. 🙂
I didn’t know the punches/dies thing either.
maybe... in a future far... far away... the finger press breake is available in Europe.. without 190$ of shipping and taxes..
Funny looking goose neck. And that's not all they are for. Yours is cut custom for what ever reason. You should be able to brake a .75 lip 90 and then feed the piece in another 0.75 and brake 90. Up over and down. You can Fab shit like wrecker trucks and service beds and tool boxes and I have always cut my dies to width as needed. The it is referred to as a box break.
Couldn’t I do shallow pans and boxes with the gooseneck set and not need the hemming at all?
No sarcasm, I’m truly new to the bending world of metal brakes, I bought one from HF and wanna master it. 😊
Sounds like you got it figured out! All you need for small boxes and pans is a finger brake and maybe some gooseneck dies depending on the size of what you're bending.
Swagoffroad.... so how small a box can you bend with the standard finger brakes?
Neet Ben a machinest for 48 years 👍👍👍🛠⚒🛠
good job
Not sure what you're trying to sale a tool or do i have to work to make a tool
What we offer are dies that are specifically designed to make certain bends and hems easier to do, that cannot be made with standard or conventional dies.
I finally got to use my Swag brake press and I love it.
Wary nice
Camera to see your back and then struggle to see past you to the work you did, hmmmmm dude really.
Also I have your gear here. So I pressed a nut against a finger die and found the nut dented the finger die. I thought those would have been made from tool steel rockwell hard hard. Guess not
clickbait nobody died
Hemming is obviously the main character….