Back in the day, an operator had to know quite a bit before he was ever allowed to run a press brake. He had to know things like what a bend deduction was, what punch tip radius should be used based ...

For the last few months, we have been looking at using urethane tooling in the press brake, focusing mainly on soft or low-durometer urethanes. This month, we will investigate what is possible with ...

Metalworking has always been very much a “mixed method” art. Forging, welding, milling, grinding; anything to remove metal or push it around from one place to another is fair game when you’ve got to ...

What makes a project really exceptional? Part of it is a, ‘gee, that’s clever’ angle with a little bit of, ‘that’s actually possible.’ One thing the Hack a Day crew really appreciates is awesome ...