I bought an Eastwood Press Brake Attachment last year, and have used it a fair amount to mostly bend flat stock and sheets for various projects and repairs. It works great for 90° bends, but many times I need to bend the stock to other angles, and it isn't that easy to guess a 45° or 60° angle when it's in the press. So, I had a local machine shop make me a four sided die with 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° angle faces. The original die was held on with a couple of flat head bolts, so I took that off and used some 1/4" X 1/2" bar stock to make a rail for each side to hold the die centered under the blade. I clamped them in place on each side and drilled three 3/16" holes in each one and the base plate. I tapped the holes in the bars 1/4"-20 and drilled out the holes in the base to 1/4" and countersunk the bottom of the holes so they would set flush and installed 1/4" diameter X 3/4" long flat head bolts to hold them in place.
Now I can bend material any of four angles without having to guess by just turning that side up on the die.
Now I can bend material any of four angles without having to guess by just turning that side up on the die.
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