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Old 01-24-2015, 09:47 PM   #7
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Re: Swag 20 ton finger press brake

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Originally Posted by franken View Post
I've been wanting one of those.
I'd think a slightly better design would use 2 pieces of angle to form the V on the bottom, possibly with one or both shimmed slightly so the V was a bit less than 90 degrees. This would bend a bit past 90 to allow for the elasticity of whatever is being bent.
You might get a piece of say .75" angle the same width to lay on one side to simulate the bed being less than 90...
Great idea and I will give them a try. Thanks Franken!
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