It won't take a lot of tonnage. 12T probably enough for the width you
might need. 20T surely enough. Easy to buy @ Harbor Freight or from
some auto parts stores, and a very useful tool for other press work.
The challenge with the usual antenna 6061-T6 is using the proper radius
dies as T6 is fully hard and will crack if bent on a sharp radius die.
Other softer alloys are a lot less challenging and of course less strong.
Here is a quality supplier with many die set choices, you need to have a
press that fits the width of dies and arbor plates better than the ones
from HF.
https://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Press-Brake-Kits_c_53.html
I have several of their products but use die sets I welded up from hot
roll angles for bending steel to 3/8 in my 20T press.
Grant KZ1W
On 8/10/2019 9:42 AM, Tom Hellem wrote:
Hello Collective Wisdom-
I am thinking about building an H-frame hydraulic press for the purpose
of
bending up some brackets out of 1/8" aluminum plate for element to boom
clamps on hf yagis.
Does anyone have an idea of the force required for doing this so I can
determine how big of a hydraulic jack to buy and how beefy I need to
build
the frame?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Tom
K0SN
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