The parts would have been perfect for fabrication in a press brake except for the 4 mm thickness of the plate steel, which was a little much for his smallish brake. To make the bending a little ...

You walk to the brake department, where you see piles of work-in-process. Stacks of panels of multiple thicknesses sit with an acute bend near one edge—a hem, half formed. At the brakes, you see ...

That’s understandable, as the vise may be the most powerful hand tool in many shops ... a bench vise is a poor substitute for a real press brake. Such machine tools are capable of working ...

Want to hem sheet metal quickly & easily in your press brake? In this video, Wilson Tool shows a time-saving, spring-loaded 2-stage hemming die that completes a hem in just two hits. See how this ...