On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:28:00 -0500, Lostgallifreyan wrote:

rickman wrote in :

If you don't want to spring the cash for one, you can just use angle
iron and your vise. To do four sided boxes you need to cut the angle
iron to the right length for each bend.


Either that, or cut the metal after the bend, which introduces another
indispesible tool: a bandsaw. Given a drill press and a bandsaw, and an
accurate X/Y table for the drill, it can go a long way before any other
tool is needed, though a small Proxxon IBE drill with various widgets is
also vital, especially if you make PCB's and get a stand and X/Y table
to go with.. Carbide bits seem to last forever with those tools.

Don't forget to allow for the thickness of the material and it's minimum
bending radius. A few practice bends in scraps of the same material will
get that settled. You have to use the same material since different
alloys and different thicknesses behave differently. And, unless you
bought the metal from a metal dealer, you probably don't know the alloy.

Good luck,

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