press brake

[Platt Mfg]

found this http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... arketID=36 and was wondering what kind of thicknesses it would be able to bend if i made it into a press brake and what if i used two would that be over kill i would like to be able to bend 4 feet of 1/4 steel does anyone have any plans for a good press brake ive been looking all over the net tha last few weeks and have found so many pictures but no blueprints where do i get the teeth for the press brake can someone help me out

[plasmajoe]

Here check out this site. They supply knives and dies for press brakes, also if you ask them they may have some plans for what you are looking for or know where to purchase some blueprints. Hope this helps you out. That is where I got my knives from.

http://www.globaltools.com.au/FrameIt.h ... BrakeTools

Plasma Joe

[Wesley Nichols]

There's a few things I have been learning about braking metal after I got a 100 ton press brake. It makes a huge difference on what kind of tonnage you need to bend a given piece of steel by the size of your die... or to say, the radius you want to put on the outside of your bend. Just this morning, I tried to bend a 1/4" sheet 5' long... my press is 100 tons... I couldn't do it because my die was too small... only 1 inch. I would have needed a 2 1/4 inch die to make it work. I have a sheet of specifications on how many tons it takes to bend a given thickness with a given die size if your interested. Google Iriquois Ironworker... a great entry level press that takes up MUCH less space than the competition... I have one. hope this helps.