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Very nice
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I did a five year apprenticeship to earn my Journeyman status as a Sheetmetal Worker. Spent many, many hours operating brakes like that.
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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 !
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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.
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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!
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You've got yourself a fine brake. I'm envious.
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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
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Excellent job on the restoration. You'll get many, many more years of use outta' that old piece.
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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!
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Dave
Did you prime and paint outside there? I did on this one. Not too fussy
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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.
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Bending aluminum can be tricky. Have you tried annealing first?
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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.
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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
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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.
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Beautiful!
So it makes perfectly straight pieces of metal crooked?
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Something clever here.
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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 ?
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Yes there are some US made brakes. Roper whitney, national, tennismith are a few that come to mind.
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