Plans for bench top folder.

[spaffmonkey]

Evening all does anyone on here have any plans to make your of bench top folder? I fancied making myself one but not sure what's required.

 

[Matchless]

look at colin furze on youtube, he made one a while ago,

 

[slim_boy_fat]

There are plans with stock requirements etc on YouTube and Pinterest

 

[spaffmonkey]

I shall take a look.

 

[gaz1]

bench top press brake or a press brake hydraulic ?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Your starter for 10.........https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=building+a+bench+folder

 

[spaffmonkey]

bench top press brake or a press brake hydraulic ?

Just a hand operated bench top folder for doing thin guage tinkering in the shed.

 

[spaffmonkey]

Your starter for 10.........https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=building+a+bench+folder

Cheers that looks like tonight TV watch list

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

@spaffmonkey
Your local to me

Have this surplus if your not set on making
Vice mounted. Was up in the sale section a few weeks ago

 

[spaffmonkey]

eLuSiVeMiTe
I like the idea of making one but what thickness have you managed to fold on it and what width is it?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

eLuSiVeMiTe
I like the idea of making one but what thickness have you managed to fold on it and what width is it?

1.5 stainless the other day
About 300mm but il check tomorrow.
Was made by @Richard. And I bought it last year. Clearing everything out of the garage or I'd have kept it
Will grab some sheet and video a few bends for you tomorrow

 

[gaz1]

richard quoted this

Iirc it will do about 500mm and over that total length you would get a decent fold in 1.2ss maybe 1.5ms. Obviously it was better on smaller pieces. I used to push it beyond its capabilities.

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/small-bender-traveling-steady-metric-dti.102688/

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

richard quoted this

Iirc it will do about 500mm and over that total length you would get a decent fold in 1.2ss maybe 1.5ms. Obviously it was better on smaller pieces. I used to push it beyond its capabilities.

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/small-bender-traveling-steady-metric-dti.102688/

Ta.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Doh. Just about to go out and video it and realised I no longer have a bench with a vice mounted.

Size as per gaz post.

 

[mtt.tr]

Mine will bend. 2mm up to 300mm long and 1.6 up 500mm long.

 

[bigegg]

Oooh
Another project for my surplus 20mm plate...