More tools!! Sheet metal stuff.

So, I have some sheet metal work to do on SanFord and the Abomination.

This has been sitting in my fathers shop collecting dust and rust, since my brother in law dropped it off several years ago. I volunteered to store it for the foreseeable future. Wasn't that nice of me.

As you can see, I've already mangled the two pieces of thin sheet I had.

It desperately needs some cleaning and lubing.

Any tricks to using one other than keeping fingers and other valuables away from the squeezey/choppy parts?

Nice!

I just bought one of these for similar shenanigans SWAG

My father in law is welding it up for me, since I wasn't sure that my Hobart Handler 140 was up to the task. In for tips and tricks!

Buy a bucket of locktite and go over every nut and bolt.

with the cutting blade down. beat on the table to make sure it is up tight against the blade; you dont want any gap when trying to cut.

They really dont want to see much thicker than 20 gauge. I have force fed a fair bit of 18 gauge into mine, but it complains.

In order to hit your bend line exactly where you want it, put a piece of duct tape along the fold line. You can then feed the piece in and the taller duct tape will snag on the sharp point that makes the fold.

I really do like mine and only wish I could find the grow-up versions of the brake and sheer for reasonable $$$.

The slip roll has come in handy a few times; I love it when it works for a job, but it is so cheesy and I use it so rarely, that is is almost not worth the space it consumes.

I look at this photo and am sad that all we have to work with is a smaller "portable" break.

Portable my ass.