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Re: Sheet metal fabrication tools
For those that have a press brake in-house, what do you have and up to what length and thickness can you bend for 6061 Aluminum and/or 5052 Aluminum?

We don't have a sheet metal brake in-house, but I would really like to have one so that we can bend more parts...

Based on the reviews for the heftiest brake on HF (http://www.harborfreight.com/36-inch...nd-91012.html), it sounds like folks can usually bend 16ga (.050" AL), but it will often struggle with sizes up to 12ga (.080" AL). Does anyone have experience with this bender, and if so, what do you think its limitations are? What thickness can it handle if they're short little brackets (bend length ~2" maybe)?
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