I need a box and pan brake

[DanC]

for our junior high shop, I want to start the kids on the sheetmetal tool box project - I am sure alot of you on here did the same while in school. We also have a '27 roadster that I would like to build some new floor pans for. My budget is non-existant. What type of quality are the Grizzly import tools? I'm realistically looking at a Grizzly or Harbor Freight. Has anyone used the HF box and pan brake? thanks-

 

[nova65ss]

You can make one pretty cheap.

http://www.ch601.org/tools/bendbrake/brakeplans.pdf

 

[-lecroix-]

i havent heard many good things on the box and pan brake from HF ...

 

[wilbilt]

Glad to hear you still have a middle school shop class. Ours got axed many years ago.

Got to snuff that creativity, you know...

 

[MXtras]

I have never really heard a whole lot of negative comments about Grizzly tools.

There is a thread rolling about Grizzly on another forum I visit and the general consensus is that Grizzly stuff is pretty good.

http://www.shopfloortalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12673

Scott

 

[DanC]

thought about building my own but without the removeable teeth we would be unable to form a box??

 

[tweety652]

most of the "trades" classes are being axed to make room (funding) for technology classes. what ever happened to being self-reliant and fixing your own lawnmower or changing motor oil, fixing plumbing leaks & basic electrical troubleshooting. kids are being taught to pay someone else to do it.

 

[ColdDuckTime]

most of the "trades" classes are being axed to make room (funding) for technology classes. what ever happened to being self-reliant and fixing your own lawnmower or changing motor oil, fixing plumbing leaks & basic electrical troubleshooting. kids are being taught to pay someone else to do it.

To some extent I can see that, the level at which repairs even make sense at all keeps moving up the food chain. OTOH, I hate to imagine how much tax money (some of it mine, of course) gets wasted on 'technology' for libraries and schools. What that tends to mean is the purchase and maintenance of a quickly depreciating asset (personal computers) for people who mostly already own one. It would be like having television watching training in a 1970's school.

And don't get me started about the internet as an 'educational' tool.

 

[tweety652]

To some extent I can see that, the level at which repairs even make sense at all keeps moving up the food chain. OTOH, I hate to imagine how much tax money (some of it mine, of course) gets wasted on 'technology' for libraries and schools. What that tends to mean is the purchase and maintenance of a quickly depreciating asset (personal computers) for people who mostly already own one. It would be like having television watching training in a 1970's school.

And don't get me started about the internet as an 'educational' tool.

i'm all for trades classes!! i hope u didnt misundestand me. Im tired of seeing these clases ended to make room for modern technology. TOO MUCH ANGER TO GO ON ABOUT THIS.

 

[PanelDeland]

I see the tech classes as a good thing but not at the expense of the shop/self reliance stuff.I do hate the "Diversity Classes".If they want to teach something usefull they should teach "Tolerance of Individuality"

The most useful class I ever had in my primary education was a class in "Personal Finance"It has kept me from getting my sorry **** in trouble financially many times over the years.
Sorry (Rant off)

 

[timgr]

DanC, have you tried to find one through donation? I'd check the local fab shops for donations or leads on possible donors. Contact used equipment dealers. The GSA used to have a preferential bidding program on surplus - state and local agencies qualified.

 

[Coach James]

Several of my friends outfitted their wood working shops entirely with Grizzley machines and they are quite happy. They also said they had good experiences with customer service from Grizzley. And I have no connection to the company.
Coach

 

[ColdDuckTime]

i'm all for trades classes!! i hope u didnt misundestand me. Im tired of seeing these clases ended to make room for modern technology. TOO MUCH ANGER TO GO ON ABOUT THIS.

I think I'll open my own high school where the whole music department is kids playing car stereos and pushing LPs back and forth on a turntable. Vocational education will consist of teaching kids to make coffee drinks on a machine and learning how to become mortgage brokers. PE will mostly revolve around thumb dexterity exercises to get those game scores up up up!

 

[eschoendorff]

I think I'll open my own high school where the whole music department is kids playing car stereos and pushing LPs back and forth on a turntable. Vocational education will consist of teaching kids to make coffee drinks on a machine and learning how to become mortgage brokers. PE will mostly revolve around thumb dexterity exercises to get those game scores up up up!

Funny.... and yet NOT funny.