Hello,

I recently read an article somewhere about bending Z flashing using a piece
of plywood. It may even have been one of those "reader tips" in one of the
woodworking magazines. As I recall, you cut out the size of the bend that
you want in the plywood, secure it firmly, and then pull the flashing
through the other side.

Does anyone here remember seeing the article or know where it came from? I
tried searching for it among the magazine collection and online, but came up
empty-handed.

I'd also be interested in any other techniques that are used short of buying
a brake machine.

Thanks in advance to those who post a reply to the group.

Peter.

Peter Bogiatzidis wrote:

Hello,

I recently read an article somewhere about bending Z flashing using a
piece
of plywood. It may even have been one of those "reader tips" in one of
the woodworking magazines. As I recall, you cut out the size of the bend
that you want in the plywood, secure it firmly, and then pull the flashing
through the other side.

Does anyone here remember seeing the article or know where it came from? I
tried searching for it among the magazine collection and online, but came
up empty-handed.

I'd also be interested in any other techniques that are used short of
buying a brake machine.

Thanks in advance to those who post a reply to the group.

Peter.
Seems like that would work but don't remember seeing any article about it. I
know Harbor Freight sells one pretty cheap, but can understand not wanting
to invest in something you will only use once.
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Peter - I am not trying to be a wise guy here, but why would you want
to make your own? You can buy a 10' stick of Z to accommodate many
different sizes of material for about $4.

I do a lot of repairs, and bend a lot of flashing. But unless you
know what you are doing with sheetmetal, it can be very time
consuming, tedious and the material unforgiving. In other words, a
PITA.

Believe me, nothing made out of wood will give you crisp, perfect,
hard edges. That takes a real brake adjusted correctly, with clean
crisp fingers. Personally, with that in mind I never bend anything I
can buy.

But... if you need a to bend your own metal to specific sizes, you can
DAGS a "homemade sheet metal brake", "hobby metal brake" and a few
other search phrases and come up with a ton of info.

Robert

On Oct 26, 11:54*am, "Peter Bogiatzidis" wrote:
Hello,

I recently read an article somewhere about bending Z flashing using a piece
of plywood. It may even have been one of those "reader tips" in one of *the
woodworking magazines. As I recall, you cut out the size of the bend that
you want in the plywood, secure it firmly, and then pull the flashing
through the other side.

Does anyone here remember seeing the article or know where it came from? I
tried searching for it among the magazine collection and online, but came up
empty-handed.

I'd also be interested in any other techniques that are used short of buying
a brake machine.

Thanks in advance to those who post a reply to the group.

Peter.

The latest issue of ShopNotes has an article on building a sheet metal
brake.
http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/108/

Once you build it you can then make your own sheet metal shelves &
drawers.
http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/108/...etal-projects/

On Oct 26, 11:54*am, "Peter Bogiatzidis" wrote:
Hello,

I recently read an article somewhere about bending Z flashing using a piece
of plywood. It may even have been one of those "reader tips" in one of *the
woodworking magazines. As I recall, you cut out the size of the bend that
you want in the plywood, secure it firmly, and then pull the flashing
through the other side.

Does anyone here remember seeing the article or know where it came from? I
tried searching for it among the magazine collection and online, but came up
empty-handed.

I'd also be interested in any other techniques that are used short of buying
a brake machine.

Thanks in advance to those who post a reply to the group.

http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-...px?ac=ts&ra=fp

On Oct 26, 10:16*pm, RicodJour wrote:

http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-...et-metal-brake...

Well... I think that's probably what he was looking for, but I cannot
imagine how busy you would be pulling or extruding your own "Z" flash
through a piece of plywood.

Not to mention the rounded bends/corners.

Robert

On Oct 27, 1:21*am, "
wrote:
On Oct 26, 10:16*pm, RicodJour wrote:

http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-...et-metal-brake...

Well... I think that's probably what he was looking for, but I cannot
imagine how busy you would be pulling or extruding your own "Z" flash
through a piece of plywood.

Not to mention the rounded bends/corners.

I think you'd probably have to do it the way they do with roll forming
machines, and have a couple or three plywood dies. My local roofing
supply house has a nice antediluvian sheetmetal brake. A ton on the
hoof, easy, and it's free to use.

R

Thanks for the replies.

I wasn't aware that I could buy pre-made Z flashing. When looking at the
job, a friend commented that it would be nice if I knew someone who could
form up a 12 ft. piece of flashing, so needless to say, I got that notion
stuck in my head. My fault for not checking it out.

In this case, I only need to flash over a ~ 12 ft. PT 2 X 4 that will be
installed below a 6 ft. slider to support the outer part of its threshold,
but also used to fill a 3 1/2" gap in the existing vinyl siding. Better to
wrap it, rather than paint it.

I never did find the article about it though.

Thanks again, Peter.

"Peter Bogiatzidis" wrote in message
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Hello,

I recently read an article somewhere about bending Z flashing using a
piece of plywood. It may even have been one of those "reader tips" in one
of the woodworking magazines. As I recall, you cut out the size of the
bend that you want in the plywood, secure it firmly, and then pull the
flashing through the other side.

Does anyone here remember seeing the article or know where it came from? I
tried searching for it among the magazine collection and online, but came
up empty-handed.

I'd also be interested in any other techniques that are used short of
buying a brake machine.

Thanks in advance to those who post a reply to the group.

Peter.