Home made press brake dies / tooling

In this video, I show how I make some homemade pressbrake dies. 

[@level7performance]

I just did a large 4 way die with the plasma cut and stacking method after not being able to find what I needed for a reasonable price. I ran a weld bead along the inner edges of the V profiles and carefully ground it down which left a nice clean edge. It look a lot of time but it works great and saved me about $800.

[@BaldwinIronWorks]

Love your homemade dies, this is on my to do list now. FYI I found that if you use a thin plastic sheet like 10 mil between your part and the bottom die you can stop the bottom die from leave any marks on your part ( using factory made dies). Still I bet this would greatly help on your home made dies.

[@MgBaggg]

ToT has a video on some sort of toolsteel welding filler, you could build up the edges with that to make them last. And maybe get yourself a milling machine, then you can really clean them up nicely.

[@ihdieselman]

Man that's really helpful. I've got an iron worker I want to build a bending die for man they are spendy.

[@joell439]

Nice job 👍😎👍

[@Mudaroo]

thanks for sharing

[@Tonnsfabrication]

Those dies are awesome, is it possible to cap the die with solid material down both sides and weld it on? I've got a 40 ton 4 ' brake with 4 way die and that shiot is crazy exspensive, hell it was crazy money when I bought it 20 years ago. I run a 10 " 4 way die in my Edwards Iron worker tooling station and I think that die set is almost a couple grand these days. That 4' 4 way die is a mother fker to change out, gotta really be in love with your fingers when messing with that thing.

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

Yeah you could do that or cut the plates without the bottom tang.

[@Overhaul_zoo_engineersx2]

@ ultra4suzukisamurai679 are u willing to share the model or any drawing of your homemade press?

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

@@Overhaul_zoo_engineersx2 email me at [e-mail]

[@layne9566]

@@ultra4suzukisamurai679I also sent you an email requesting info on your press brake when you aren’t busy. Thanks for your work!

[@Overhaul_zoo_engineersx2]

@@ultra4suzukisamurai679 email sent to you thanks again!

[@IRONMANMETALBILLDANKANIS]

Great video show more bending. What state you in?

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

I’m in Oregon. Next time I use the brake on a project I’ll video it

[@ihdieselman]

You could probably have it cut out of AR500 or something to make them more wear resistant.

[@RaceMentally]

Hi, are you looking for a plasma table? I’ve got a 5x10 that also has the tube cutter option as well. Let me know. I can help you out as well.

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

I have a plasma table already. Thanks though!

[@RaceMentally]

@@ultra4suzukisamurai679 what part of the country are you in? I’m west coast

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

Oregon

[@bobbyfly431]

Would it make sense for me to stack 12” length pieces of angle iron for a V die?

[@ultra4suzukisamurai679]

I’ve never used angle to make a die, my fear is that material spring back would keep you from hitting 90 degrees. This fear may be unfounded, again I haven’t tried.