Sheet Metal Brake

[philso]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

you meant 3' not 3" wide, right?

Spinal Tap made a mistake like that...

[Bruceb]

we have that same Baileigh brake the BB-4012.
it works well but the only caution I have is that the fingers and the table are NOT hardened steel. You can dent them if not used properly.
We have a God knows how old 24 inch desk top box and pan brake that has fingers that look like new yet, they are hardened.
If you go with the Baileigh make sure you get the educational discount.
the one thing nice about the Beileigh is that it is counterballanced with springs rather than weights. Much more compact and you can't accidentally conk somebody on the head with a 15 lb weight.

[sanddrag]

We have an old Pexto box and pan brake that's about 24" wide capacity and weighs probably 600 lbs. We did 1/8" 5052 on it yesterday with a tiny radius set of dies and it went pretty nicely.