Finally built a press brake.

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After looking through several posts and designs on here this is what I came up with.I already had the base made, it was part of a jig I made awhile back to press bushings out of A arms. The knife ( i guess you would call it) is 3/4" plate with 1"x1" square stock welded at 45 degrees. I probably should have tried to harden that a bit b/c it left notches in it when I bent some 3/4 round stock. The bottom (die? maybe) is 3 pieces of 2"x2" 1/4" angle, again not harden. After not being able to find any springs heavy enough or long enough, I ended up just pining the top to the press with a set screw and let the ram pull it back up. So far it seems to work good. I bent a piece of 3/8 x 2" flat bar with ease. Should save me a ton of time and hassle for those oddball brackets I have to make once in awhile.All welded with 5/32 7018 on a miller syncrowave 250...and no I will not post pics of those welds. If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Nice job, you will find a million uses for it! One bit of advice....DO NOT bend round bar in it as it will leave dings in even a hardened punch (you call it a knife) If you MUST  bend round make an adapter for it or bend a piece of 1/8 aluminum to fit over the punch. Probably one of the most useful pieces you can have in the shop. PS I just noticed the "table" additon with the square edge, very good idea and time saver. "Anybody can talk $h!t behind a monitor, I let the quality of my work speak for itself"Lincoln Square Wave 255 and 355 Tig Lincoln 255 Power-Mig w/ spool gun Koike 5 x 10 CNC plasma Hyd-Mech DM-10 bandsaw Ineco QB-76 NC tube bender
Reply:Good job, looks likeit will be very usefulTim Beeker.
Reply:Nice job, man.(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:Wish I had one of these"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:wow nice I was looking for a personal rainy day project I,m heading for the shed great job!ThxI cut twice & its still to short !
Reply:Thanks for the compliments guys Sam, I find it hard to believe that you do not have the scrap metal on hand to knock one of these out in record time If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:Originally Posted by ihuntwow nice I was looking for a personal rainy day project I,m heading for the shed great job!Thx