OK, its pretty bad when you have to start over before you even start . The original goal of the project was to be a combination of bent aluminum sheets and square tube that were machine screwed together. My first foray into bending showed me that I needed to modify the actual tool used to do the bending – the humble 16″ Harbor Freight bending brake. Using my newly acquired drill press, I proceeded to secure (2) grade 8 bolts with suitable washers and nuts. Doing so precluded the use of the c-clamps which thought were the cause of my prior bending mishap:

SFF 2009

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