Posted 1/23/2025 22:38 (#11070917 - in reply to #11070568) Subject: RE: Press brake attachment for shop press
WTW - 1/23/2025 19:10
WCWI - 1/23/2025 18:03
So WTW and Erik how many tons are your presses rated at and how thick of steel can you bend say 24 inch wide, been thinking of making a break of some sort.
I attached a bending chart provided by Iroquois to the bottom of my original post. Theoretically we could bend 7/16" x 24" material on a 3" die. Thicker if narrower. 100 ton press as I stated in the first post.
Thanks for the chart, very good resource. A trick an old boss of mine and neighbor of mine used to bend sheet steel by making intermittent cuts on the bend line so that every other inch or 2 was cut then bending how ever and welding the cuts shut and grinding off the welds, slower then a break but effective.
Press break attachment for shop press
