Looking for a metal brake

[jfiscus]

Thinking about adding a metal brake to our shop for bending sheet goods like aluminum and polymetal. What do/don't you recommend?

 

[spb]

how thick and what kind of length? manual or automatic?

i wouldn't recommend vevor or harbor freight unless you're going very thin, like 20ga

 

[Notarealsignguy]

The width and material thickness is going to dictate what you need to look at and the price range that you will be in. We have a 4' magnetic brake that we hardly use, anything longer we run around the corner and use one of our customer's brakes. There are a lot of rebranded chinese brakes out there so a lot of it is shopping on price and availability. Assuming the material would be mainly 080 and under I would say to look at 8' manual finger brakes with this capacity. Maybe something like this: https://www.gmcmachinetools.com/product-page/manual-box-pan-brake-bb-812-6hd

 

[Richard2717]

I have a 10' Roper Whitney in MD for sale

 

[Dale D]

How much?