Comments on: Gimme a Brake! A sheet metal brake, that is…

By: michael

michael — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This thing is even better than the one I used in college! Great addition

By: jeff-o

jeff-o — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well I guess this beast solves the problem on what to use to cut PCBs!

By: punkin3.14

punkin3.14 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Step 1: Read the owner’s manual carefully”

Do we even *have* an owner’s manual for this awesome hunk of thing? ^^

By: rharding

rharding — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m just in here late Friday night, checking out the capacities of the brake. I want to use it to bend up a nice enclosure for a variac I picked up at the UW surplus sale years ago.

I actually used this machine a long time ago, at RIM. I seem to recall the bending fingers extended all the way across without gaps at the time. Seems like some of the fingers have gone missing.

As for that instruction sheet stuck on it, seems like maybe we should replace it with something more appropriate to the actual tool. This seems like a generic form, probably stuck on there by RIM’s lawyers. Things like “Make sure the motor switch is set to the OFF position” are pretty silly to post on a machine that has no motor.