[TowerTalk] Bending Aluminum

[David Gilbert]

They're called a "brake", not "break".

But I agree, I really doubt you'd need hydraulics for that.  Even a 
homemade brake should work fine.  I welded up a homebrew brake out of 3 
inch angle iron with a four foot lever arm that I'm sure would handle 
1/8" thick aluminum.

However, if you really want to go hydraulic, you might want to buy or 
build something like this:

https://www.grizzly.com/products/Grizzly-24-Hydraulic-Bending-Brake/T28930

Dave   AB7E



On 8/10/2019 11:24 AM, Nidhog wrote:
> After the time and energy building one.....
>
> https://www.grizzly.com/search?q=(Metal+AND+break)+OR+(Metal+OR+break
>
> Unless you are out to make 99 of them, do you need hydraulics.
>
> Check your local area for used stuff.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Aug 10, 2019, at 12:42, Tom Hellem <tom.hellem at gmail.com> 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.
>>
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