Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press

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RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-20-2014

Ed, Willie,
On the apex of the 'V' there looks to be a flat or rounded off. Can you please say if it is rounded or flat and a rough idea of the size - just roughly will be fine. Thanks.

I keep having a look at machining this 'V' ............ think I'm going back to the vice and the rotary table. Smile

DaveH

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - Highpower - 06-20-2014

3mm flat (roughly)

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RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-20-2014

Thanks Willie.

DaveH

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-20-2014

I've made the guide posts and bushes, I'm serious thinking of screwing the guide posts in to the base. Smiley-dancenana

Will certainly save screwing them up by welding Rotfl

DaveH

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - f350ca - 06-20-2014

Dave, can you tilt the head on your mill and just clamp the die flat on the table. Here I had to make a jig to hold these rails, they were too long to do in one pass.
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RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-21-2014

Hi Greg,
Unfortunately the head doesn't tilt Slaphead

Seems your mill would do it very nicely Smile

I just have to get me and the bit of metal there Rotfl

DaveH

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - Highpower - 06-21-2014

(06-20-2014, 11:27 AM)DaveH Wrote: A couple of tilting tables would be nice which I haven't got

DaveH

I would send you mine Dave if not for two problems.
1) I only have one of them.
2) I'm sure you could buy your own for less than the cost of shipping. Yikes

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - f350ca - 06-21-2014

(06-21-2014, 05:35 AM)DaveH Wrote: Hi Greg,
Unfortunately the head doesn't tilt
Seems your mill would do it very nicely I just have to get me and the bit of metal there

DaveH

Sure, come on over.

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-21-2014

I didn't do anything on the press brake to day. I know very disappointing Big Grin

I have a good excuse, guy down the road was cutting a tree down - Free wood Smiley-dancenana

so I spent the afternoon collecting wood. Smiley-dancenana

DaveH

RE: Press brake for 20 ton hydraulic press - DaveH - 06-24-2014

Pressed in and welded the guide shafts. I made them slightly different to swagoffroad I stepped the end down from 20mm to 16mm (10mm long), so that I had a shoulder to register on, just helped to make sure they were square.
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DaveH