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I've been battling all week with flu, now I'm feeling a lot better. So the best thing is for me is to just go and make something and see what happens. It will either bend the metal or it won't.
It seems to have got far too complicated, and I've had enough of headaches from the flu, never mind all this thinking
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Don't over-think it Dave. A lot of people have the swagoffroad press brake and I haven't seen any complaints about them. Granted, they're made for a 20 ton press so the design would likely need to change to use it on a bigger press bending thicker metal.
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(06-14-2014, 08:17 PM)EdK Wrote: Don't over-think it Dave. A lot of people have the swagoffroad press brake and I haven't seen any complaints about them. Granted, they're made for a 20 ton press so the design would likely need to change to use it on a bigger press bending thicker metal.
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I agree Ed, the swagoffroad press brake is a very well designed and performs very well.
Have you welded yours together yet
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Hell no!
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(06-14-2014, 06:54 PM)EdK Wrote: Willie,
I didn't even see those slugs of steel hidden in the bag with the collar ring. Do you know where they're supposed to be welded onto? 
Ed
I stood them up just in front of the channel where they go Ed. The "tabs" on the slugs fit into the notches in ends of the channel. I don't know if yours is the same, but the left and right sides have different sized notches and tabs on mine.
![[Image: Tabs.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Highpwr/Shop%20Projects/Tabs.jpg)
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I really thought I should give it a try.
A piece 30mm x 5mm
A bit of a crude top die
I had to try it
It didn't come out too bad, very easy to bend very little force and a heck of a lot better than hitting it with a big hammer in a vice.
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No need to apologize for your welding Dave. It looks just like mine. On second thought, there may be room for a small apology.
Ed
It also seems as I am questioning their design and that is not what I am doing. I'm just trying to sort out (in my own mind) what is the best options for me.
