Convert Harbor Freight 20 ton press to 32 ton

[everlastsupport]

What bent on the brake, the die? How thick is the die and punch on the SWAG. We made ours, was a lot of grinding though, but does 1/2". We have a homemade 20 ton and commercial 50 ton (with 20 ton bottle jack).

How do you like the henrob and what do you use it most on.

[Steve]

What bent on the brake, the die? How thick is the die and punch on the SWAG. We made ours, was a lot of grinding though, but does 1/2". We have a homemade 20 ton and commercial 50 ton (with 20 ton bottle jack).

How do you like the henrob and what do you use it most on.

The part that bent was the angle iron at the bottom. When that bent, the base of the Swag Off Road press brake also bent. The weld held but the bottom of the brake and the angle iron bent. There was a big noise and the piece of metal I was bending broke apart. The metal was part of a flat truck spring that I was using to make a 1/2 inch thick bracket for a truck part.

I love the Henrob / Cobra 2000. I use it a lot for welding really fine parts and for heating metal. It also is fantastic for auto body work and for sheet and stainless steel. I've even used it for welding aluminum (with flux of course). It welds aluminum very well and when they say weld like a tig, they were right. It is perfect for welding cast aluminum transmission cases and small engines because it does not have to be perfectly clean like tig in order to weld it. I also have used it on truck aluminum fuel tanks. I found that cleaning the tanks for tig took too long. With just a little clean up, the Henrob handled patching fuel tanks easily. It is a great cast iron welding tool too. The only thing it won't weld is titanium, which I doubt I'll ever have to weld anyways.