Thank you! I followed your example and designed my own version in CAD software. I eliminated the "Goose Neck" (HONK!) and simply made the top die shorter but I did design the top of it similar to yours. I cut the print time in half. ...by using two printers. (LOL!) It took 16hrs for the bottom die and 21hrs for the top one. I added a 1.5mm radius to the tip of the top die and to both of the "V's" of the bottom die. I oriented them upright 200mm just like you did because that is the strongest orientation for this project. Printed with PETG because it's more durable than PLA. I immediately bent four 90° bends in 3mm aluminum to fabricate a bracket that I desperately needed. I had no negative issues whatsoever. I love my new Press Brake Dies and expect for them to last as long as I'm around to use them.

@house-ofhoon

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome mate! Top work! They sure do come in handy! 😁

@alessandromeyer4888

7 ай бұрын

Hey Timothy would you share your CAD? Thanks!

This got me thinking... using stronger material. Great stuff!

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Would be very interesting to see what some stronger material could do!

Really digged the video! Kinda want to get a press now I weld for fun and like mixing 3d printing with welding.

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Yea presses can be very versatile!

Thanks for the vid, great job!

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! Thanks for watching!

Well explained, and a great video! Looking forward to more, this was well done! Is it feasible to try out some 3d printed tooling for bushing presses and make a video of that?

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! I don't have a lot of faith in that working, but I'd definitely like to try it out and find out!

Great success! Nice job :) That gives me faith to try something similar :)

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

Also make your main piece that goes on the press, the 2 holes to fit some round bar to make a modular slide, then you only have to print small sections at a time.

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I need to do something like this, cheers

Just on the thumbnail alone, I liked and subscribed, before I even watched this video. I like your ideas about expanding the design of this, and also testing different filaments on your printer. I have one small request, if you are willing, could you design a longer version for those of us with larger 3D printers? My printer has a 400mm Z capacity, but I think 375mm would be more than enough for most hydraulic presses. GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@house-ofhoon

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated mate! There's so much to learn and test with all of these things 😁 Might be a little while until I do a follow up to this video unfortunately

@PaganWizard

Жыл бұрын

@@house-ofhoon That's cool, everyone has jobs, family, and other obligations that come before this.

Great experiment. I have a 20-ton press and a 3D printer and meet to bend 1/8” (3.125 mm) steel. Considering PLA vs Nylon CF for the dies.

@house-ofhoon

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. It would be interesting to see the difference between the two!

Maybe if you put one of them angels on the tool thats starting to round off to help hold the shape and stop it from rounding off. Same might go for the base. If you mod your cad drawing to allow for the metal supports you should be able to maintaine the crisp folds.

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea! Cheers

If there are high surface finish requirements when press brake/edge bending, the Swedish product Tribotextil™ can be applied in the pressing/bending tool and mechanically protect the sheet metal from scratches and other damages. Tribotextil™ is an extremely thin and very strong textile that in this process replaces lubricants in the tool and also protects the stamping tools from wear and coatings.

@house-ofhoon

Жыл бұрын

Good to know 👍

@staffanoberg2538

Жыл бұрын

@@house-ofhoon 👍

you can probably glue or just heat-press one of those thinner metal parts onto the edge of the plastic. so the surface that does the bending is actually metal and not plastic directly, plastic just being the filler.

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea mate!

If nothing else, you can use the created tools (bits?) as templates to create fully metal parts.

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Yea mate I'd love to give that a crack one day!

Could you increase the upper tip radius ever so slightly to increase its strength? Do you think the performance would differ if you printed in a different orientation?

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure about the change of radius. Performance would definitely differ with a different print orientation. Would be interesting to test the difference!

You can always record with OBS ... it has very intuitive UI

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! I'll download it now and see how it goes

Cool, so next to try is 10 walls? What nozzle you using? hopefully a 0.5mm+

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

This is with 15 walls at 0.8 each. Yea I used a 0.6mm nozzle for this print and 0.4mm layer height. Still a loooonnngggg print

@fuck_chinanobrain5011

2 жыл бұрын

@@house-ofhoon haha damn, sounds like it was at least 30hrs from my rough estimate!

@fuck_chinanobrain5011

2 жыл бұрын

@@house-ofhoon Oh what infill? I have read that concentric at 100% is the strongest.

Possibly try HTPLA and anneal it? You may have to adjust dimensions and I'm not sure how a solid block of HTPLA will do, but interesting to see. It's not my 42 hours though so it's easy to say 😁

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

Haha cheers mate. Appreciate your idea!

Hi im in WA and would like you to 3D print something for my GU patrol,how do I contact you.

You need to probably try harden the tool in the oven

@house-ofhoon

2 жыл бұрын

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