Everything about this video screams Quality and Attention To Detail - from your videography, to the tools you use, to the effort you put in to making a quality product to the cleanliness of everything. TOP-NOTCH!!!

Thanks for making this video! I'll be putting mine together this weekend.

Highly recommend the foot pedal for a pneumatic bottle jack. Having two hands on the metal helps with solid alignment.

I'm welding up the same kit this weekend so this video comes in very handy! You mentioned a couple of assembly tips that I hadn't thought of. Thanks

Highly underrated tool. I made a radius upper die for mine by welding a piece of 1" dia round cold rolled to a block of 3/4x3 flat bar. Made a gooseneck die by laminating 1/4 thick steel cut on the plasma. Have even done some sketchy stuff on a raised lower die to get tight z-bend offsets. I've bent 1/2 x 4 to 90 deg on mine without issue. Stout and simple, easy to customize, great bit of kit for the shop. I built mine on a cart with a bottom shelf that holds hydraulic tools like bottle jacks and my power puller, and a higher shelf that sits under the crossbar and holds things that go with the press brake.

Now go back to Harbor Freight and get the air to Hydraulic 20 ton bottle jack and save the workout for the gym.

The reason that collar was sparking is because it’s a Chinese made piece. It’s either a cheap bi metal or it’s just the sub standard Chinese steel that’s got more filler than carbon in it which keeps costs down. Gatta watch out a lot of US metal supplies buy this metal too. Not all steel is the same.

Nice build. Really well produced KZfaq. Thank you for sharing.

Finally... someone with impeccable attention to detail. Recently bought a Vulcan multiprocess but I'm seriously thinking about taking the loss on 20% restock fee and grabbing the Everlast equivalent.

Outstanding no BS video. Thank you.

Great video! So stoked to see you using your new BuildPro table! Perfect for this project!

I added casters and pneumatic bottle jack to my same setup, then 3D printed a thumb wheel for jack release. Now it's faster to overbend everything. Thanks for the video.

Been in sheet metal for almost a decade - never once considered using a piece of angle to tighten a die. That's frigging clever.

Dude that plunger can is freaking bad ass! 🤯 I’ve needed something like that for years!

Love the effort and quality that you put in your videos!!!!

Thanks for showing that, I'm gonna build one myself.

Great, I need one of those myself. You did a great job on the video.

Nice work Justin. Great vid production and project. 👍🏼

I built the whole press and brake from scratch. It is more gratifying to see what you can build yourself.

Great video Justin. I am learning alot watching your videos. Thank you man

Would love to see a video of the Stronghand accessorie fixture cart and table ... Awesome job !!!

Great video, we got one of swags kits and have not assembled it yet. This will definitely come in handy!

I have to say, I love your attention to detail, especially with cleaning!

I've had mine awhile and still need to get around to welding it up. One great tool for the fixture table is fellow youtuber Fireball Tool's Shim kit, it's great for doing things like aligning that tubing. I was debating putting the angle iron into my mill and using a fly cutter to get a sharper corner but the idea of stacking angle means I could do this anytime. It would help to read the instructions I guess, lol.

I have the same press 10 years old now . I also built a solid break about 8 years ago ..not as wide as that the best thing I did was replace the factory jack on the press and put one of there air over hydraulic jacks on it had to change the base where the jack bolts to the press but was worth the work ,, saves on time running the jack I don't work due to a injury at work but still putter in my shop when I am up to it ,, like I was saying the air jack is faster too close the gap ,, time is money .. I will need to get the finger brake soon there has been times I could have used it ..

Looks like a nice little entry level press brake. Just thinking watching the video if the channel portion on the bottom die was a little deeper one could tack on a length of 1/2" 1018 or even 4140 PH round bar for a nicely radiused wear edge, less scarring on the end product.

Congratulations on your new tool / toy Justin. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Very nice MOD to it. Hopefully you get great use out of it. Can't wait to see more videos soon Justin. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

Nice Build Man! I have the Everlast 256SI and its been great. I will be buying from them from now on. On the break I did wish to see some bends on some wide pieces. Overall Great Video! Subed

beautiful work primo

Owsome. 👌🏻 Must build one for my garage. Cheers. 🍻

Just wanted to drop in and say, I am a new subscriber, and your channel is amazing. You are an awesome fabricator also, I love the chill, laid back clean crisp explanations from you. Class A channel 👏🏾 👌 🙌

@ your comment at 15:30.... All standard angle iron are 90 degrees. The reason you got more than 90 degree on your first bend is because the angle iron is very large and the die is very narrow so the object bend past 90 degree as it had nothing pressing the sides against the angle iron.

Wow, very nice job, great video!👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for sharing Justin, amazing content as always sir!

Having the right tool for the job, Priceless!

Another fantastic video really enjoy watching them and fantastic welding skills to 👍👍

Well done, young man. Well done.

Best video on this subject I have seen

you do amazing work

Great work!!

You can lay various diameters of round bar in the receiving cradle to limit overbending. Nice, I'd like to have one for my HF press.

Dang I'm jealous of that table !👏👍

I would recommend the Swag press plates as both of the crap press plates broke from my Hobo Fright press broke. Looks great!!

Where did you get the finger brake kit? Lee

You can use a small digital level to get things square as well. Just tare/zero it to your bench in the direction you are interested in then measure the angle of the item you want square or whatever angle you need.

You’ve got to get a CK Worldwide 360 torch👌👌 best upgrade I’ve ever done

Idk if you remember, but sometime last year I told you I order the defiant metal gloves and couldn't wait to use them, well.....I finally got to use them. They are badass!! Thank you!!

That is a great little brake.

Nice work

Nice job and great video.

Nice build 👌

What we’re some of the amps? I was welding a ring that was 1.25” OD. The hieght was like 3/4@, I was welding some 7/8” OD tubing .120”. I was welding putting the 120 amps towards the thick ring and melting into the tubing. Seemed close. What yah think?

excellent tutorial, thanks

Dude using a beach umbrella as a tig cup and 3 feet of stick out. He must love using a entire bottle of argon per tack.

I like that sanding machine

good stuff. you can disolve the mill scale by soaking in vinegar overnight.

I have the finger brake.. but modified it to accommodate a 4way die. It now produces really nice bends! The die cost a 💪🦵but worth the investment.

Which pads/discs do you use on your die grinder ?

Awesome video, awesome editing, too! Noob-Question: Why is it better to press down than up? Or why is the jack on top not the bottom?

Did the instructions say to over weld the bottom die to the bend plate?

nicely done 😁👍

Curious what filler rod you used to TIG??

great vid thanks

Great job!!!👍👍

Great video Justin! Never heard of SWAG before. Mind posting a link?

Perfect jig for bending and building AK receivers.

The shop is looking better and better all the time! Jealous of your set-up!

i like how youre not a barbarian with the die grinder/grinding in general 👍

Great video. Where did you get your “ I love the smell of metal machining in the morning” t-shirt?

This press is impressive 😂

What I found with mine is that the dies are not hard. Generally this doesn’t matter. But if you’re bending something narrow but thick, as their specs say you can do, you dent the die. These are not barely seen dents, but real dents. They don’t affect wide bends, but it shouldn’t be happening. I’m trying to remember without going and finding the manual, but I think they say the dues are 4041. That’s fine if they’re hardened and tempered, but it’s not all that hard if they’re not. Also, be careful about over bending. It tough to get a true 90 degree bend. I take a thin piece that I know it 90 degree. Then I slightly open the press and put this in and check the bend.I also machine and stack smaller angle to get tighter bends. But they’re soft too, so narrow material will dent them as well.

Hi, Who made the swivel pad clamp?

Great welder!!

OK, I have a question for you. (First time on your channel). You have that beautiful welding table at the start of the video. Then I noticed how carefully you put the parts of the press on it, almost as if it was made of glass. I wondered how you'd even weld on it. Then at 3:09 you have your "real"(?) welding table where you actually doing the welding? So, what gives? Do you even use the better welding table? 6:20 Oh... explained. LMAO!

How much was it and where did you buy it from ?

Anyone know if it'll fit a dake press as well?

I don't know if this is fate, coincidence or YT knowing me better than I know myself, but I was literally in Harbor Freight last night and thinking about doing this. thanks for the tutorial

Dose that welder have cold weld mode jk .sweet little press I kind want to build one now but I need to finish my fourging press first.i wish I hade the confidence to post vids of my builds

Great vid

Where can we get that brake kit?

Everything done in this video as far as weld quality and toolkng ideas works great for the at home garage fabricator doing work on a budget. The "press brake" here is only good for one size of metal though and to use smaller sizes of angle to press other metal thickness just wont work the same as an actual press brake. Bottom die has to mstch the metal thickness being broke in the press. Thenbottom die is calculated byetal thickness being formed times 8. Hence 1/8" metal thickness times 8 equals 1" base die opening. In all fairness this is a great home garage press brake setup.

Hi. How much one set? Thanks

Very nice !

Awesome! I also need that acetone dispenser thingy. Where’d you get it?

I can write one recommendation. What is the width of V die ? The best way to calculate which V die is the best. So that the thickness of the material, if it is bent 2mm thick, x 8 - 10 so that the width V die = 16mm. If the V die is, for example, 16mm wide, and you bend the thickness of the material 4mm, you will damage the upper punch tool. If the V die is wide, you will get a large radius.

For the price of the Swag kit you could buy a 24" finger brake already assembled.

I'm not about to pay swag that for 20 bucks worth of hardware and some steel I already have floating around, any suggestions for someone planning to DIY the entire thing, only buying the harbor freight press?

You know you're a welder when you close your eyes when it arks up 🤣🤣

What pneumatic belt sander is that?

New subscriber 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Justin you need to check out Fireball tools they have great fab shims for what your doing

Hardly do it yourself but it's a good setup regardless.

WTH…..i just saw your justrite plunger can…….ima gonna have to buy that…i have the spray cans as I saw them at work. And they work great but I like the plunger idea for disbursing my acetone….such a quick evaporating cleaning solvent….for reference I use MPK Methyl propylene ketone everyday. Sometimes acetone but usually mixed with alcohol….

Im willing to bet that finger break kit would with the ironton 20 ton shop press from northern tool. The h f press and ironton press look almost identical except the legs of the h.f press and the platform for the bottle jack is inverted between the 2 presses. Thats the only difference. Same size c channels and everything.

On the press break, the black arbor plates that come with the machine will break - so grab a couple extra (or make them - either 1/2" to 1" thick steel (2 halves make a 1)). They will break when you need them then you are out of luck. I know because a friend of mine has one, dropped the plate and broke it, so...........

If only I had a bigger garage. Its full now so a new bender would never fit. I do like this bender kit though.

What is the name and address of the outfit that makes the finger brake kit? Lee Gibbs

Nice job! Would've been nice if SWAG had provided you with a discount for your viewers.

I love my Everlast welder. I was so overwhelmed trying to start tig welding with what gear to buy etc. and it has been a breeze to use. I only have the 185DV but looking to step up to the 255 ext. Great video as always, keep them coming 👍

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