Eastwood Press Brake Attachment for Standard 12/20 Ton Hydraulic Shop Presses

Haven had opportunity to use this item, but is well made

he uses it for working on the wiring of a car's connections.

Very good tool for the money, only flaw I see is the protruding hardware on the bottom, I would have recessed the bolts so that the brake can sit flat on the press without other press blocks to make it work. I use it predominantly for 1/8" aluminum plate and it does a great job.

it is wide enough for making brackets and other attaching plates that we use.

I have a Sunex 20-ton press which comes with a couple different size press pins. The larger pin is ideal to use in these types of press-brake. I like the overall construction of this press brake except the press-pin collar does not fit the larger Sunex pin. It is off by about an 1/8". The setscrews by themselves are not enough to keep the smaller pin centered and the press wants to bend/break the guide posts. I give it 3 stars because, though it is useful and the whole thing is open to modification, it is a very dangerous problem! I fixed it with a machined collar out of thick mild steel round bar but not everyone has this capability. Eastwood should fix this. It probably works great on the Harbor Freight presses (I don't know) but this should be more universal without having to cringe every time you use it.Also wanted to mention that the flat bottom without recesses for post thread and nuts and the die fastener is pretty silly engineering. I tacked on 3/8" thick plate to the bottom (front and back of the hardware) to fix this as well. No one wants to buy something they then need to modify or shore up to make useful.

Highly recommend for the right jobs .

good stuff

It makes clean bends