Making a Sheet Metal Forming Press Die - Test

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[SSMaynerd]

It’s always way easier than me think. I have made press dies with Plywood and had amazing success. Good job man.

[thekraken]

Can a 10 ton hobbyist press bend 1mm cheap steel sheets (with 6 cm depth)? Or should I buy a 15 ton press? The shape is not like a square profile, it is more like an oval profile; so corners should not be a problem in my opinion. Sorry if my question lacks any detail, I am a clueless student, any help would be appreciated.

[BrianBurns-xr]

Ive always been interested in the process kf die nakjng and prees's

[frederickvobbe]

Good explanation, and demonstration. I was searching for info for pressing steel mesh (Opening 0.097") into microphone grill shells. Thanks for good tutorial.

[ederangelo]

what name of shear show in 5:45 ? what name and brand ?

[Daniel-vqzb]

Make sure to add some leader pins for alignment on the real one, also some die springs would be nice so you dont have to pry it open every time.

[FragBenitez]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing your experiences

[tomsgarage]

Nice job. That would be a good way to make seat belt anchor bolt reinforcement plates for older cars that never had seat belts.

[Ravenwest]

How dies for car panel manufacturing are made? With same principle as here?

[ROBOROBOROBOROBO]

Man this is awesome !
I want to make a pot like 6 liters, do you think on a 20 or 30 tonne system, a 1-2mm aluminium pot can be made?

[revgro]

NIce job. Before watching this video, I would have said that the final result using aluminum wouldn't be usable. You proved me wrong. Good luck on your final tool.

[evanorner]

We are trying to manufacture the Piper Airplane Ashtrays in our haas Cnc and we are having a hard time with the programming

[mm-tlgc]

I've never used a cnc machining centre so not sure if this is relevant, but when milling you want to go in the opposite direction of the cutting tool to prevent "climbing" where the milling cutter runs along the work piece, often resulting in broken cutters.
If you've ever experienced this, I hope this helps.
Great video by the way.

[s.m.m]

Awesome sir. But I wonder if there is a need for a punch holder also....🤔

[chainsawd]

I am curious about spring back. Did you have a print with dimensions that you needed to hold to? Was the bottom flat surface actually flat on the part once it was removed from the die? If it is not what adjustments would you make to your die?

[shresthaaaraaz]

Hello sir thanks for very excellent information video sir what kind of metal that you made die what is name of metal i want to make some punching die so

[ramvinayak]

Pls share a video about different types of plastic injection die with full description

[yamasaki.design]

Hi, how much tonnage do you think it would take to press 2mm aluminium, I think that's 14 gauge in your language.. to form a "joggle" or countersunk relief for creating a lap joint along the edge of a sheet for riveting purposes? The length of the die, press tool, could be around 6" long by 3/4" wide... I am wondering if an "Arbor Press" would be sufficient?
Also at 5:40 in the clip, your using a very nice looking guillotine, what make and style is the?? thanks Paul, Mullumbimby, Australia.

[mykahdeanwilson]

Little tip. Always use the fixed side of the vice to set your zero

[rjl]

Use locating pins to align the dies We mfg punch and dies for mfg fasteners out of brass crs and spring steels