1895 wooden cornice brake - video

[Jon]

1895 wooden cornice brake. 3:10 video:

Previously:

CNC press brake - videos
Press brake forming - GIF
3D-printed tools for turning vise into press brake - video

[hemmjo]

Very nice old brake.

[CharlesWaugh]

Gorgeous!
I gotta get me one.
(uh, where would THAT be?)
:- )

[mansworld]

OK for light gauge sheet 22 and less. With the same length 8 feet metal leaf brake, you can bend heavy gauges 18,16,14 and 12

[Toolmaker51]

OK for light gauge sheet 22 and less. With the same length 8 feet metal leaf brake, you can bend heavy gauges 18,16,14 and 12

Yes, cornices are mere architectural decorations, a step or two above rain gutters. Prevalent in Victorian Italianate buildings throughout that era.
As I watched, he was proud of a machine that "still worked" despite being relegated to man cave status...
I do like feature of engaging/ disengaging the stop arc.

I'll submit this brake odder yet, sans wood construction.
It has aprons front and back, arc stops and 'back gauges' on both sides. Correctly described, it's a pressbrake, using a single acute die of ~12°-15° included, operated by the overhead bar (deformed, bent in this photo). The die seems removable, so creating fingers to run as box & pan is feasible.
The counterweights are handles to swing the aprons, being operable at front or back side. Capacity is 48" of 18 gauge. Waited forever to stumble upon affordable 4' or 5' 16 gauge, still hasn't occurred.

Despite patent info and serialization, good as none others found. Oddly, a large power brake under same name with aprons surfaced in video research.