Projects In Metal Magazine – Volume 3 Number 3, (June 1990)

Projects In Metal Magazine – Volume 3 Number 3, (June 1990)

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7 Responses to “Projects In Metal Magazine – Volume 3 Number 3, (June 1990)”

1. Peter Beach Says:
   April 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 AM

   I’m the machinist in the physics dept.of Bates College,in Lewiston, Maine,and I would love to have this copy of your publication.At the very least,I would like to have the plans for the sheet metal brake.Apparently,this issue is hard to find.Thank you,Peter Beach

2. admin Says:
   April 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 AM

   Hi Peter, Thanks for visiting.

   Unfortunately this website isn’t affiliated with Projects In Metal Magazine, which is now out of print. The magazine was replaced by Machinist Workshop Magazine, which is published by http://www.villagepress.com.

   Your best bet would be to contact Village Press to see if they have a back issue, but you’ll most likely need to try and find a copy of the magazine on eBay.

   I’m sorry I couldn’t be more help to you, but I don’t have permission to post scans of the plans from the magazine, since that would be a violation of their copyright. All the plans on this site were posted with permission from the original authors.

   There are also several plans here that are (ironically) from Bates Technical College in Tacoma WA. Any affiliation with Bates in Maine?

   Which brings me to a request, if you have any plans that you’d be willing to submit to the site I would be very grateful. It would be a way for you to advertize for your program since I would provide a link to your college and/or department.

   In the meantime, I’ll google a bit and see if I can find a similar copy of plans for a sheet metal brake.

   Thanks in advance,

   Tyler

3. Bill Pace Says:
   April 4th, 2009 at 3:45 PM

   Re Peter Beach looking for those Brake plans — Home Shop Machinist, the sister magazine to Machinist Workshop, had some much more recent plans for a really neat bench (finger) brake in the Mar/Apr thru Jul/Aug 2008 issues. As you mentioned, back issues can be had thru Village Press.

   The article called for a 24″ size but I made mine at 18′ to be even more “bench” friendly. They’re sort of a ‘mix’ of some other plans that are/were floating around that the author made improvements/changes on. I found the plans very well done and easy to follow and were a good exercise in the use of both the lathe and mill, as well as the other usual shop tools.

   Bill Pace

4. admin Says:
   April 4th, 2009 at 4:02 PM

   Thanks for the heads up Bill, when I get a minute I’ll pull out my copies of HSM issues you mentioned to see if I can track down the author. Sometimes (depending on the author), the plans can be found on the authors website, if he has a site.

   But it’s good to know that there’s a similar brake in a recent issue of HSM, because Peter should be able to get his hands on 2008 HSM issues a lot easier than a 1990 PIM issue.

   Thanks again,

   Tyler

5. Bill Pace Says:
   April 4th, 2009 at 4:43 PM

   I found a pic of my version of the HSM metal brake, maybe Peter would like to see it (or, anybody else!)

   Bill

   

   http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/pace1980/HSM%20metal%20brake/MetalBrake002.jpg

6. admin Says:
   April 4th, 2009 at 9:05 PM

   Thanks Bill, your brake looks great. Nicely done! I fixed the picture so others can see it without needing to click the link.

   Did you paint or powder coat the white parts? Are the black parts heated/dipped in oil?

   Also, do you just clamp it to the bench when you want to use it? I don’t see any mounting holes in the feet.

   It looks pretty sturdy, what gage can it handle?

   Thanks for sharing!

7. Bill Pace Says:
   April 6th, 2009 at 1:31 PM

   I made the brake with those wide “feet” just for the purpose of being able to clamp it to the bench, then move it back out of the way.

   Nothing hi-tech on paint or blacking – paint is Krylon rattle can and blacking is from a cold kit from Brownells.

   I have only used it a couple times, had about a 6-8″ piece of 20gauge and it took a grunt to bend it, another couple times had something like 26-28g and it/I was more comfortable with that sort of stuff — its not gonna do any heavy-duty stuff!

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