On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:46:59 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:13:49 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:01:30 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
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"Winston" wrote in message
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I want to bend up some ~12 ga. CRS but
I don't want to buy or house a big brake.

I need 6" width maximum.
After Googling over the past few days,
I have not located a chunky little brake
that will do that for me.

Can you recommend a tool that will
do that please?

Thanks!


There are two small brakes I can think of that "might" work.

One fits in the jaws of a bench vise, and you use the force of the vise
to
operate the brake. You could probably make one if you have some
suitable
scraps laying around.

http://www.grizzly.com/products/6-Vise-Brake/H3245

HOLY ****, Maynard! I got one from LVT for $12.50. Hayseuss Crisco,
they're more cheaply made, smaller, and now cost $22.50. thud
Prices sure have gone up.


The other is called a press brake, and works basically the same way
except
you operate it with a hydraulic press.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...ct_21896_21896

Unless you made one with multiple blades neither would work well as a
box
brake.

Rolling his own seems the best bet.

I think that finding scrap pieces at the metal wrecker would be a
whole lot better and cheaper.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f37/d...-plans-785809/
That last one is made with a piece of inverted angle iron. I'll bet
that'd hold against 12ga steel.

For just an 8" (6" capacity), you could add a lip to mount it in a
vise.

Unless you need super precision, one of these would work tits.

On my list of "maybe if hell freezes over and I have nothing else to do"
projects is maybe making something like this with a variety of "blades"
for
various projects.

Want one -that- bad, do ya? snort

Its funny. Now if I want a small metal box I am just as likely to throw a
block on the mini mill and cut one out of a single piece. LOL. In fact

How thin can you make the walls nowadays?


doing exactly that were among my first brain challenging projects to get a
good grasp of the machine. My son keeps one I cut out of low density paper
covered shelf board in his room. I look at it today and cringe at all the
mistake evident in it.

Grok that. Mom asked if I wanted my 8th grade woodshop project back
and I decided that I didn't need any more negative reinforcement in my
life today.

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