Press brake for hydraulic press

[Tuomas]

Made a simple brake to my press.

Info about mounting the jack: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...255#post109941

Info about the actual press: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...615#post104791





Allows to bend max 310mm wide 5mm sheets with 15mm radius.

Material is 10mm thick steel plate, valve springs from a truck and machine steel (SBQ) for the blade guides.

Video about the use: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQqEcbg-wS/

[wizard69]

very nice! looks like your next project should be a bigger press.

[Tuomas]

very nice! looks like your next project should be a bigger press.

Thanks. I think that will do fine for a while.
But someday..

[PJs]

Nice little Press Brake Tuomas! Great addition to your shop! Did you put bushings in the upper post housing?

PJ

[Tuomas]

Nice little Press Brake Tuomas! Great addition to your shop! Did you put bushings in the upper post housing?

PJ

Thanks buddy. Nope. Jack and the post / blade are are at the same line, so blade stays straight enough without pushings.
Housings are made from pre-machined tube here its called " ainesputki" its sold in hardware stores. I found suitable axles from the eye bolt. So i got good enough fitting without lathe.
Cost for the material was about 25$.

[DIYer]

Thanks Tuomas! We've added your Press Brake Attachment to our Brakes and Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: Tuomas's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Press Brake Attachment by Tuomas

tags: sheetmetal, brake

[JoeVanGeaux]

I like this! Good work!

I don't have any of this equipment on hand but I have an upcoming project in mind that would need a similar setup; however, I have been researching how to invert one of the air-over-hydraulic style jacks (maybe even one of those so-called "long jacks") to be setup like yours and would be powered by an air compressor - so I can get quicker cycling times.

I've seen stuff on the internet that come painfully close but none like yours and especially none inverted that also has air-over-hydraulic functionality. Any ideas or pointers that would not involve a complete re-make of the jack? (Note to Admins: Apologies if this is not the correct place to ask this, please advise if not.)

Regards

[Tuomas]

Made a simple brake to my press.

Info about mounting the jack: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...255#post109941

Info about the actual press: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...615#post104791





Allows to bend max 310mm wide 5mm sheets with 15mm radius.

Material is 10mm thick steel plate, valve springs from a truck and machine steel (SBQ) for the blade guides.

Video about the use: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQqEcbg-wS/

Supposed to make a video from this long time ago.
But i lost most of the clips about the making.
So, i decided to make little different video this time.

Subtitles are English ( kind of language that i tend to use )

[dbat74]

Nice little break.