Turn Your Vise into a Press Brake with 3D Printed Tools

[@leonbrauns]

Due to your request I uploaded the .stl files used in this video to thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4063689

[@hubermayer7551]

do you mind uploading as step parts aswell? so much easier to work with and modify...

[@patgratton6920]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. TOT would be proud. Nicely done.

[@CNCKitchen]

Great idea. This could come handy at some point.

[@karlfimm]

Damn! I saw articles on 3d printed press brake tools, but I never thought of attaching them to my vice. Thank you sir.

[@charliemopps4926]

Clever... I have a huge vice with a 14" throat and for some reason never thought of this. I even have a welder so I could make these out of steel. You opened up a whole new world for me with this. lol

[@JohnDoe-rx3vn]

This should get you close: Bend radius is ~20% of bottom die width (for v shaped punch). A 0.625" wide bottom die (using v punch) will have a .125" inside bend radius on most sheet metals. From each side of the bend, remove one material thickness of length from your overall flat pattern. If you're bending a 1" tall by 2" wide channel piece, you will subtract one material thickness from each "leg", and (for 2" OD) remove two material thicknesses from the center. For 2" ID, don't make any subtractions for the center. The result is 3.748". Add bend lines at .937" and 2.811", and bend. You will get close. To get closer, remove a material thickness plus the bend radius minus the Cosine of half of the bend times the radius. R-(Cos(bend angle/2)*R). Subtract both that number and the material thickness from each side of the bend to get really, really close. Within .005" or so, for most .037"-.078" steels. So For a U shaped box channel of 1" tall by 2" wide (outer dimensions) with a bottom die of .625", using a v shaped punch, and .063" thick metal, you would subtract .063", then .125-(Cos(90/2)*.125)=.0366" for .0996" overall after material thickness (simplified to .1") from either side of each bend location. So you get a flat pattern that is 3.6" wide overall. Then you add bend lines at .9", and 2.7" from one edge. (Four total .1" deductions, two from either side of two bends). Bend that part, and you will be really close to a perfectly bent part that is "1 tall by 2" wide. The above formula works for any bend radius.

[@EducatingSavvas]

This is a great use of 3D printing for low cost tool making. Very interesting.

[@SeanLumly]

Imagine creating a decorative enclousure using solder as a decorative seam "weld"? This brings complex shape metal working in reach of the table-top hobbyist!

[@imacmdp2]

people like you are geniuos and make the world a nicer place! Thanks!!!

[@William3DP]

I would never have thought that 3D printed tools could be strong enough to bend metal. Thank you very much for sharing this.

[@MrPaceTv]

You can print titanium , nickel and steel alloys so they are pretty strong even stronger than wrought parts of same material the weakness is usually ductility and low fatigue life. But can be improved by carefully controlling manufacturing process parameters and post processing (hip).

[@danielmatthews8475]

Nice and simple! Love your reference to TOT.

[@boblewis5558]

Had a thought! On the goose neck plate, since the top surface is rarely if ever going to be in the way of the sheet bend a VERY simple way to significantly increase its strength would be to bolt & glue (or glue & bolt 😁) a suitable thickness (2-3mm?) steel plate to its top surface! (Comments?) Would this also enable a longer higher goose neck. In addition a piece of angle iron fitted into the V slot would increase strength in that too for thicker material bends. Instead of a vice, for really tough material ... A hydraulic jack & jig? So many ideas since I intend making a hydraulic bearing fit/remove jig that would only need the relevant mounting fitments for these tools. I really like the rounded profile tool too. Great for making rounded top case profiles. The price of instrument and project cases is becoming crazy. Such simple tools mean sheet steel (or aluminium) salvaged from white goods - dish washers (stainless!), Washing machines & tumble dryers (enamelled and galvanised steel), fridges, freezers, fridge freezers all have many large flat panels, all simply removed (& further cut to size) with a cutting disk angle angle grinder! If you're into building electronics and need suitable enclosures ... Say no more!

[@sbb5525]

GREAT VIDEO! TO RECAP: 5 perimeters 0.8 mm nozzle 80% infill 0.2 mm height material : PLA or PETG

[@zaqwsx28]

The round punch was a fantastic idea!.

[@Penofhell]

Upvoted for reference to Tony, and also for the great proof of concept, now on to CAD modeling for my own versions :p

[@vitorzozimo7881]

Such a good Idea! Congratulations!

[@WestBerlinCustoms]

Ein sehr kreativer Einsatz der 3D-Druck-Technik! Ich bin immer wieder beeindruckt, wenn ich sehe, was die "Werkzeuge" / Bauteile aushalten. Deine Videos sind super produziert - #BigProps! 👍😎👍

[@knickly]

Rule of thumb for steel: Minimum die opening is 8x material thickness (you may want more with printed tools) Bend radius for mild steel is 0.16x die opening Bend radius for stainless is 0.2x die opening

[@staffanoberg2538]

If there are high surface finish requirements when press brake/edge bending, the Swedish product Tribotextil™ can be applied in the pressing/bending tool and mechanically protect the sheet metal from scratches and other damages. Tribotextil™ is an extremely thin and very strong textile that in this process replaces lubricants in the tool and also protects the stamping tools from wear and coatings.

[@hms1688]

Good work!!! We also have rich experience in sheet metal fab, we are a strong manufacturer in China, with high quality and competitive price.

[@homemadetools]

Clever! We posted this one on our homemade tools forum.

[@jothain]

Thanks. I've been thinking about testing this for months. Now I already know it will work

[@antonwinter630]

so simple, but so good. i'm definitely going to do this to my vice.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Has anyone tried with minimal infill, leaving one side completely open and filling the 3D printed hollow with fine concrete?

[@RobytheFlorentine]

great tutorial. I was not aware that PETG was that stron. Thanks :-)

[@user-cv2ms1fi6s]

This video was very useful and informative for me. thank you very much.

[@DustinWyatt]

I wonder if you could attach some steel stock of some sort to extend the length of your vice faces and thus be able to bend longer pieces without all the back and forth. Of course, you'd need some hefty stuff to minimize deflection...

[@GiovanniCarloIglina]

The other chucks need to be in a 3 m radius from the lathe for the teleport quick change to work. Didn't you read the manual? :)

[@pressbraketoolspt9817]

Printed tools are not the revolution but we liked the idea about the vise. Great job, really, very interesting and educative video.

[@pkf4124]

Superb, as stated great for small work. Nice new toy ☺️

[@cafeandfeld]

You just won my sub from that TOT reference

[@bonjournito]

Bravo! Loved you idea!

[@carles2437]

Thanks for share, its a great solutions low coast

[@ivangamer8022]

Awesome job my german friend. Greetings from Albania

[@AndrewAHayes]

This is a tool that will come in quite handy!

[@red_juan]

I'm looking to bend a sheet of 2mm thick Aluminium, will this do the job or will it break, because to my knowledge Aluminium breaks when bent too much. Thank you so much for the video and the project

[@brucewilliams6292]

Great job!

[@klaasbloem]

Wonderfull idea, thanks!

[@fluffyfish09]

Great video. Never thought of this.

[@adamquantrill]

Interesting but I will now attempt the same thing using angle iron welded to a flat bar, so I can bend thicker plate.. on my VICE.

[@craftzars]

Totaly will try it but i dont have printer . I consider buying one of theese but dont know what to choose Kossel , tarantula pro , ender 3 or ender 5​

[@CNCFONTAINE]

Il fallait tenter bravo! intéressant pour les petits carters, merci!

[@dougcox835]

Now do a video on mounting a motor to your vice 😀

[@chuppoacobra]

This is truly a neat and practical idea! Gave you a Like over at Thingi.

[@salasart]

this is brilliant, thank you!

[@affandalyan1567]

Frohe weinachten und en glückliches neues jahr. könnte Ich solch einsett kaufen danke schön

Thank you for sharing.

[@aquaword4you]

Perfekt work 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ruyvieira104]

How do you make the bend at the right position?

[@joetke]

INSPIRING! Thank you!

[@keithfulkerson]

That's a great idea.

[@DanieleGiorgino]

Cool!

[@DerSolinski]

Well I goose it's broken, but time traveling stuff is finicky better ask the master ToT how to work it.

[@Corbald]

Just watched Blondihacks. Apparently you'll need ToTOS installed on your lathe to access the Chronology functions. IIRC you'll need to flash your spindle to the latest etherware version before install. Also; make sure you have your tools properly honed in, or you won't be able to break the closed time-like loops and they'll make a rats-nest of potential timelines.

[@TheBeardedJeeper]

thats pretty awesome

[@eddietowers5595]

That was cool👍

[@axised001]

Is it just me or does the printed punch and die parts look underextruded af?

[@leonbrauns]

Yeah, but that's just the bottom layer which suffered from a bad print bed calibration. The rest of the part looks a lot better, check out 0:55 for example ;).

[@axised001]

@@leonbrauns jo, stimmt... In that case it doesn't matter... Souldnt affect overall stiffness and rigidity. Worse thing that can happen is maybe longterm the underextrudeds side edge rolling over slightly. Then again it doesn't matter if you do several passes over the length of the bend anyways

[@sagivcohen6538]

outstanding

[@elektrojen7347]

Very well 👏👏👏👏👍

[@lancephelps4871]

Thank you for the wonderful new idea are these available on thingy or my tiny or custom made? Thanks.

[@leonbrauns]

Check out www.thingiverse.com/thing:4063689

[@FilmFactry]

great info

[@enotavr]

А где можно купить такие насадки? Может кто знает,подскажите

[@amandinemelow]

Wow! Perfect !

[@camillehiguet5220]

great, thank you

[@phidelt208]

These are awesome Would it be possible to get the Stl from you?

[@leonbrauns]

Check out www.thingiverse.com/thing:4063689

[@andyquirot8197]

Hi there where can i get the STL files

[@leonbrauns]

Check out www.thingiverse.com/thing:4063689

[@fredpinczuk7352]

Wunderbar!

[@mcRydes]

good

[@canberradogfarts]

@This Old Tony ToTters and the Time Machine

[@denisisaev633]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@seriousCADninja]

Come on put an electronic screw driver to actuate the vice! ;)

[@certified-forklifter]

cool video

[@woodwardmotors6758]

Can I buy the STL file?

[@leonbrauns]

Check out www.thingiverse.com/thing:4063689

[@hardeepsingh-le7xh]

You will break your vice screw and not Because they are not designed to work as bending press

[@vovaputin7922]

ПРИКОЛЬНО

[@Fjyclydjgu]

Прикольно!

[@hermesvieda5669]

👍💪🕊

[@fortoday04]

Why are your prints severely underextruded?

[@ramonching7772]

Great idea! But don't need an 8 minute video. Just one photo will do. 😊😊😊😊😊 Thank you very much.

[@Mr_An_ok]

Слышу русский :-)

[@starmountpictures]

Dude u sound like a girl. Such a delicate feminine voice...

[@NuraNKesH]

who care's what he sounds like - focus on the knowledge he brings to you.

[@edwardleas1619]

This is silly!

[@zeynebxakimova3290]

Такой голос противный....