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'Poor Man’s’ Brake Press
Jim Weaver, Fairview, Mich.: “I was designing small equipment for a company and needed a press that could bend metal with nice looking corners, so I came up with this ‘poor man’s’ brake press that’s made out of 2 lengths of 1 1/2-in. angle iron.
“I welded 2 pieces of pipe along the bottom of one angle iron with
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Poor Man’s’ Brake Press FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Jim Weaver Fairview Mich : “I was designing small equipment for a company and needed a press that could bend metal with nice looking corners so I came up with this ‘poor man’s’ brake press that’s made out of 2 lengths of 1 1/2-in angle iron “I welded 2 pieces of pipe along the bottom of one angle iron with the ‘V’ part of the angle iron facing up Then I welded a short steel plate into the open bottom of another angle iron and welded a 1-in dia vertical steel ‘push rod’ onto it I also welded on a pair of diagonal strap iron braces “To bend the metal I just place one angle iron on top of the other The strap iron braces reinforce both ends of the top angle iron so it doesn’t bow up from the pressure ”
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