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Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771778 04/25/19 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC Very nice Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake BluMtn #13771779 04/25/19 Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,247 Wyoming kalbrecht Campfire Regular kalbrecht Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,247 Wyoming I did a five year apprenticeship to earn my Journeyman status as a Sheetmetal Worker. Spent many, many hours operating brakes like that.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771787 04/25/19 Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,696 Memphis, Tn K keith_dunlap Campfire Outfitter keith_dunlap Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,696 Memphis, Tn Originally Posted by northern_dave Originally Posted by wabigoon How did you do that kind of work before you bought it Sir David? I have a $hitty joke of a brake, Chinese junk. Advertised as a 4 ft 16 gauge but it springs and flexes, frustrating. It's for sale now, want to buy it? It's really good.... lol a cheap brake can be very frustrating ! if a man speaks, and there isn't a woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771788 04/25/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota The engineers tbat designed it drew it on paper. Math, paper and experience on deflection etc. I think thats part of what hooks me, i love old American made equipment. Something clever here.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771875 04/25/19 Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 4,831 Likes: 2 Great Lake State C CharlieFoxtrot Campfire Tracker CharlieFoxtrot Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 4,831 Likes: 2 Great Lake State Dude, I think they burned you. That thing didn't break anything, only bent it. Maybe they'll give you your $ back since you gave it such a fancy paint job. No problem, you can thank me later! "A Republic, if you can keep it." ~ B. Franklin

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771951 04/25/19 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,720 Weatherford, TX sactoller Campfire Outfitter sactoller Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,720 Weatherford, TX That is awesome, Dave! Official member of "The Clan of Turd-like People"

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13771993 04/25/19 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 12,147 Likes: 16 Texas R rainshot Campfire Outfitter rainshot Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 12,147 Likes: 16 Texas You've got yourself a fine brake. I'm envious.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772167 04/25/19 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,333 Likes: 32 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,333 Likes: 32 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Dave Did you prime and paint outside there? If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772177 04/25/19 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX High_Noon Campfire Outfitter High_Noon Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 8,793 TX Excellent job on the restoration. You'll get many, many more years of use outta' that old piece. l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772182 04/25/19 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,518 Between the Treasure and Magic A Akbob5 Campfire Tracker Akbob5 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,518 Between the Treasure and Magic That is really cool Dave: the find, the resto, the capability of a machine our fathers or grandfathers used. May it serve several more generations of benders! Bob Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Roper whitney combination brake ironbender #13772409 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota Originally Posted by ironbender Dave Did you prime and paint outside there? I did on this one. Not too fussy Something clever here.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772493 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,278 NE Nevada weaselsRus Campfire Tracker weaselsRus Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,278 NE Nevada Nice find, Dave! I found a similar 10' brake a while back, bought it for a friend with the caveat I could use it occasionally. I get a lot of aluminum road signs, they will snap if the bend is too tight so we backed the jaws off a bit to increase the radius. Eagles may soar, but a weasel never got sucked into a jet turbine!

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772527 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota Bending aluminum can be tricky. Have you tried annealing first? Something clever here.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772535 04/26/19 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,431 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM M mark shubert Campfire Ranger mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,431 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM NEAT find, Dave! Wish you were closer, every once in a blue moon, I need something bent - and access to a brake is tough to find, locally. I just don't need one badly enough to buy, though. I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772567 04/26/19 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,418 South eastern BC. C comerade Campfire Regular comerade Campfire Regular C Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,418 South eastern BC. I haved owned that brake prior, have a different 8' now. I am a sheet metal mechanic and have used many different brakes and presses in my lifetime. Yours is a good one

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772593 04/26/19 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,894 Likes: 12 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,894 Likes: 12 Originally Posted by northern_dave The engineers tbat designed it drew it on paper. Math, paper and experience on deflection etc. I think thats part of what hooks me, i love old American made equipment. When things were built to a standard rather than a price point.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772602 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,306 NW MN White_Bear Campfire Regular White_Bear Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,306 NW MN Beautiful! So it makes perfectly straight pieces of metal crooked? Do not feed the bear! White Bear sometimes treads on thin ice...

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772861 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota correct. Something clever here.

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772898 04/26/19 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,520 Likes: 1 Western NY State 22250rem Campfire Outfitter 22250rem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 10,520 Likes: 1 Western NY State Very cool piece of old time quality made equipment. Haven't seen one in many years. Are there any of those available new today that aren't built in China ?

Re: Roper whitney combination brake northern_dave #13772923 04/26/19 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota N northern_dave OP Campfire 'Bwana OP northern_dave Campfire 'Bwana N Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 35,293 Minnesota Yes there are some US made brakes. Roper whitney, national, tennismith are a few that come to mind. Something clever here.