SWAG Off Road Finger Brake Upgrades Tips and Tricks get more from your metal bender press brake.

Here are some upgrades that I made to my SWAG Off Road press brake kit. Hopefully these tips and tricks will help you get more from your tool. Swag makes another great tool to maximize harbor freight tools.
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[@burlymugg]

great one, never thought about the round rod depth stops!!

[@bajasoobnut]

Pretty interesting for sure, last shop I was in we had a prototype precision sheet metal area and the last 6 months or so that the shop was open I worked in that area on top of being a modelmaker overall, and it is interesting to learn all that stuff and challenging as well, most of our stuff was about 16-18 gauge but did work on stuff as thick as 1/8", mostly aluminum, and it was on a accupress cnc pressbrake sat up manually and also a way older hydro-mechanical press brake as well. Now I am a tool maker for a well known company in Milwaukie that went originally with the last part of its name as industries until 2017 and now goes by automotive and industries is over in Clackamas. Mainly running a CNC mill larger than the one you had in your old home shop lol.

[@patboudreaux960]

Good to see you back doing videos. Waiting on your next build

[@johnreecer6839]

Simple yet effective I like it thanks for sharing

[@williamrussell7675]

Aaah .....the old amada ive spent alot of time on an hfb ....great benders

[@sideburnie]

was about to get an air jack. definitely going to get a hydraulic ram now. thank you for sharing!

[@bagwell79]

You're a mechanical wizard!

[@DJtheDad]

Awsome-sauce! Why doesn't someone make this exact setup?? 99% of us just need to bend small parts 1/4" thk or less.

[@nickanderson3440]

Love your videos! Thanks for posting. Do you have any information how you hooked that electric hydraulic system up. I can't live any longer pumping by hand. Thank you again!

[@NextEraCustoms]

can we see the hydraulic system you are using ?

[@carlospineiro758]

Great video! Super helpful 👍

[@DanLance100]

Thank you for posting this video! Lots of really good info . I can't wait for the next one :).

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Awesome, thanks, Mike!

[@cliffordwolters8678]

I miss your videos!!!

[@bobrossi1185]

Nice love you hydraulic ram nice quiet have to do pin mods

[@IRONMANMETALBILLDANKANIS]

Awesome information with those round bars. Thanks. God bless, love from Charlotte.

[@VinyB57]

Hey man! Thanks for the tips....Love the pins trick, that's a new one for me and I'm gonna try it for sure! I made myself a 40 ton press a few years ago (got a video on it on my channel if you..) and I made the same setup of multiple angles to have different bend radius, but I made my angles with flatbars at 80° to counter the spring back and be able to bend past that 90°. But you're using only 90° angle right? Do you have to make a lot of plasma notches on the parts to reduce the spring back? I'm curious to know how you achieved a nice 90° ?! Hey sorry for the long comment, I'm not a big fan when poeple writes to me long comments and now I wrinting one! 😅

[@motomule]

😂 I actually have to be careful, somehow the 90 deg angle with bend past 90 sometimes, which doesn't make any sense...

[@VinyB57]

@@motomule 🤣 no it doesn't! Ok, good to know that angle iron works! Thanks!

[@Oscar_danger_leon]

Can you please share the info on the hydraulic cylinder 🙏🏽

[@streetrossi937]

Motor mill, do you think? You can make a c n c decompression lever for a pit bike Cylinder head

[@Iann128]

Nice way to make the same parts over and over. Are you still playing with the go-karts?

[@motomule]

Yes, the boys and I have some fun projects in the works!!

[@jjgag601]

I am not a good guesser, what are the three sizes of angle iron you used to stack on top of the original piece?

[@blakesuazo7031]

I would like to know also.

[@georgehandel5908]

U-Tube video suggests that 4 pieces of 1/4" angle are used. 2-1/2" 2" 1-1/2" 1"

[@mrmidnight32]

What thickness and size angle iron did you use for the tighter radius bottom jig?

[@stevevorpe5735]

Traduire en Francais.Mercie

[@dimestackwelding607]

just curious why youre using bend reliefs on such thin metal when using a press break?

[@motomule]

Excellent question! I mostly use them to locate the bend not make the bends easier.

[@dimestackwelding607]

@@motomule if thats the case you should consider only doing one relief cut per bend, to cut down on pierces. those wear our your consumables faster

[@TsiratiugZ]

Do you know how deep of a box you can create with this?

[@motomule]

I think about 3in. But, if you made longer top punches, or extensions, you could get taller.

[@jbrownie671]

What enerpac cylinder is that?

[@zacharyhuddleson7295]

Enerpac specs?

[@laptopuser3323]

Gday mate

[@JeffSmith-pr1st]

Hey Mike are license plate brackets for the back fender on dr650se? If so do you sell them?

[@motomule]

These are for a Yamaha TW200. But ProCycle has ones for the DR650!!