As promised, I am back with some more pictures of our metal bending brake project. Today we will be focusing on the clamping leaf. Which is the part on drawing # 5. The first picture you will see is of the actual part. The one difference that you will notice from the drawing and my completed part is that I clipped the corners off the front edge of the part. The reason this isn t on the drawing is because it isn t really neccessary, I just just think it looks better. To clip the corners I just measured in a 1/2" a long both edges and marked it. Then connected these marks with a diagonal line . then cut it. I hope explaining this didn t offend anyone. I don t know everyones layout skill level. So to be as helpful as posible I went ahead and explained the layout.
Also, I know I ve stated this in a past post, but this part was made from a peice 3/8" X 3 1/2" flat bar because I didn t have the proper material in stock. This is a scrap metal project so 3" to 5 " flat bar will work for this part. However the wider the material you use for this part the more you limit yourself on the potential parts that you can make. Personally, I would use either the recommend 3" or the 3 1/2" like I am presently using. anyway, here is the first picture.
Almost forgot to mention that there will be 4 pictures posted on this containing different info with each one.
Also, I know I ve stated this in a past post, but this part was made from a peice 3/8" X 3 1/2" flat bar because I didn t have the proper material in stock. This is a scrap metal project so 3" to 5 " flat bar will work for this part. However the wider the material you use for this part the more you limit yourself on the potential parts that you can make. Personally, I would use either the recommend 3" or the 3 1/2" like I am presently using. anyway, here is the first picture.
Almost forgot to mention that there will be 4 pictures posted on this containing different info with each one.
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