Miller Electric

Welding challenge finalist! This is a simple project that is easy to make and very useful to anyone with a press. I made this in just over an hour, including paint. I needed to make some handles out of 2” x 3/16” flat bar and I wanted nice Tight bends. It was easier to make this up than bend them all in the vise. I have since successfully bent 1/2” round stock for some gate latches I was making as well. Material dimensions are not that critical, and the press brake can be lengthened or shortened to fit. My Press has a 16” throat, so I made mine 16” wide. The only important dimension is to ensure that the lower blocks are spaced far enough apart to allow the metal to form. My blocks are about 1 1/2” apart. Materials and Tools: 1@ 16” x 5” x 1/4” base plate, 2 @ 15”x 3/4” x 1 3/4” lower guides1@ 14” x 1/2” x 2 1/2” press bar2 5/8” bolts, 2 nuts, 2 springs, and 2 short pieces of 3/4” sched 40 pipe made up the materials. A 4 1/2” grinder and my MIG welder were all the tools required.