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I'm doing a job that I need to bend 8 pieces of AR400 flat bar the easy way, the material is 2.5" wide x 5/8" thick and needs to bent to a 7.5" radius. My two thought processes to bend these is make a custom 5-6" die and bump bend the radius in my press brake. But being my brake is a simple...

I was planning on updating my current plasma table with all new electronics, motors, and Z axis. But I changed my mind after ordering all the components and went with building a new table and selling my old one instead. Once changing directions I spent many hours designing the new table in CAD...

Well, I'm back to post another trailer build thread. This time it's much simpler than my previous dump & roll off trailer builds. I'm building a 7.3' x 12' deck over flatbed with a single 6000 lb axle, I will also be sending the trailer out for hot dipped galvanizing. Since I'm tight on shop...

I'm looking to buy a bandsaw that has a 1hp 230 volt 3 phase motor that I would need to run off of 240 single phase. Has anyone bought the inexpensive VFD off of Amazon/ Ebay or suggestions on better quality VFD's?

I have been wanting to improve my bending capability's in the shop for awhile. My 32" brake in my shop press and 4 foot box and pan brake ain't cutting it anymore, always need wider then the shop press and thicker then the box and pan brake. I've been looking at the classified's and auctions for...

Well I'm back to doing my somewhat annual trailer build thread, after taking 2019 off from building any trailers. What I'm building this time is a 5 ton tandem axle deck over dump trailer, The box will be 77" wide x 10.5' long. The trailer will have 20" tall fold down sides for a total of just...

Plate Roller Build I've been getting into building custom CNC cut fire pit rings with what ever design/ wording the customer wants. The previous rings have been bump bent in my press brake. But that was very time consuming laying out all those bends and setting up the stops in the brake for...

I bought a bunch of press brake tooling at a auction this past week. Theirs some extra tooling that I have no use for that I would like to sell. I found prices on the internet for the common punches and dies but I can’t find much info on these pieces. The first one is a punch extension which...

I currently have a gantry crane on casters in my shop that I use fairly frequently but seems to be always in the way. I would love to have a bridge crane but the design of my shop won't allow that due to doors/window and staircase locations. I'm thinking of building a jib crane with a 16 foot...

So for a little back story the reason I sold my first dump trailer I built was that it wasn't big enough for bulky items. After that I built my 6x10 dump trailer which was better but I quickly discovered that it was also to small for bulk items. I use my trailer more for picking up lengths of...

Well I'm back at it doing another build thread, I got a new site this year It's a town house HOA. My pusher that I built last year will do the job but won't be very efficient and we all know time is $$$$$. The blade I want is a 6 way wing blade, So its a regular angle blade but with hydraulic...

For those who followed my first dump trailer build would remember it was a 5'x8' with a single 7k lb axle. That trailer was great if you needed to grab a couple yards of dirt but it physical size was getting annoying if your hauling anything bulky. I finally got to the point when I was tired of...

So one of my coworkers asked me to build him a steel fire pit. I asked him to give me a drawing with dimensions to build to but he said build it to what ever I want as long as its around 3'-4' wide. So Its 39" square, 20" tall and is made of 3/16" steel. Using my press brake I bent a 1.5" lip...

So my old HF 20 ton press was handy as hell but I out grew its capabilities. Basically all I use a press for is bending sheet goods or using dimple dies. I sold my old press for what I payed for it:beer:, so I'm now was in the market for a new one. I looked in to the Princess Auto 50 ton (same...

For those who followed my pusher box build would know that I don't have my skid steer at my house to do my heavy lifting during the winter months (Nov 15-Apr 15). So I built a gantry crane so I don't have to break my back lifting stuff, The crane is 9' between the legs. Its adjustable from 8-10...

So I'm in a need of a pusher box blade for plowing snow this coming winter for commercial parking lots. I thought about purchasing a pre-manufactured box but whats the fun in that. This box blade will have a steel cutting edge with a spring trip mechanism, and the SSQA (skid steer quick attach)...

So I know a lot of you guys enjoyed my 5x8 dump trailer build, so I figured some of you would enjoy this one. So this summer I'm going to be tearing out a couple hundred spruce trees that are Christmas tree size so I was going to chock them with a chain and pull them out with my skid steer. but...

So i Had a 6'x14' 7k lb tandem trailer and a 5'x8' 3500 lb trailer. I liked the capacity of the tandem but A lot of times it was two big and heavy. I liked the size of the 5x8 but not the capacity. So i decided i want the best of both worlds so i'm going to build a 5'x8' with a single 7k lb...

My current set of drill bits are ****** imports, I have been wanting to upgrade for a while. I only drill in mild steel and 9/16" and larger I have annular cutters. So I'm looking for 1/16" to 1/2" by 64th jobber bits. Two sets I've been looking at are 29 piece sets from Precision Twist Drills...

Does anyone on here have a Evolution power tools mag drill? I've rented mag drills several times before, but going by my rule (rent/borrow more then 3 times its time to buy one). Since I'm just doing hobby fabrication that would use a mag drill a dozen times a year its hard to swallow the $1k+...