Poor man's metal brake
 

OK, also lack of space man's metal brake.
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Works pretty good, I was bending 1/8" thick by 3/4" wide steel the other day. The trick is, when you bend, try to make sure your bending straight, so that after it's bent it's not going askew.

yep im lost..

I just use my vice and a BFH. It does the trick."thumbsup"

Yeah, but I don't always like the hammered or vice'd look.
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I hear ya. I'll have to try your method sometime. "thumbsup"

for the poor man with some space...

http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuild...out-brake.aspx

This should be the ticket...

http://www.wttool.com/product-exec/p...ble_Vise_Brake

If that doesn't work... then this surely will...

http://www.wttool.com/product-exec/p...rake_Slip_Roll

:)

Nice find "thumbsup"

I've always wanted a couple of those wide vice grips too.

Tried out the vise brake tonight. Works pretty well. Not a "perfect" tight bend , but very nice and precise with maybe a 1/16th radius on some 18ga steel. I'll give it a shot tomorrow on some aluminum.

I can upload some pics if needed....

BTW, If your thinking of buying a cheapo pair of those sheet metal vise grips at Harbor Freight. Don't!!!! Spend the $20 bucks or so for the Irwin's. You'll be glad you did. The HF ones SUCK! they marred my aluminum and are uneven crap-o-la.

Thanks for the heads up. Im definetely of the opinion you usually get what you pay for when it comes to tools.

Home Depot dosn't carry them, I don't drive so I got mine off Ebay. Both shipped was about $37.