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Metal brake question
I saw this cool metal brake at a surplus outfit a couple days ago, and I want to buy one. It was about 18" wide, 12" high, the braking surface was about 12" or so, and the blade was about 2" wide. It was designed to be used in a shop press. I had a sort of Harbor Freight look to it, but all of the stickers had been peeled off.
I did some searching, and couldn't weed this item out of the zillions of other google hits. Does anyone know where I can get one of these?
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Looks like it will only bend 90 degree angles?
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Metal brake: The longer the better.
If I were to buy one I'd look fo the type that allow you to bend at any angle via a lever...as Vin alludes to. Also, I'd go for a unit that's at least 36" wide. The one below is about $300/stand $90.
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Harbor Freight has a bunch of choices for pretty low prices. I got a simple one and it works fine for 0 to about 100°. One key feature is to get removable multi-piece blade, so it can bend just a part of a sheet, leaving the rest flat. I think they're called box brakes and they're more expensive, but I wish I had that feature.
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