9 thoughts on “Bending roofing metal flashing with a homemade brake – Windows in the clerestory

  • November 7, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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    Bend metal flashing, with a home made brake. Do IT!

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  • November 7, 2013 at 10:12 pm
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    Jaw Horse…the tool that brought us together!

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  • November 7, 2013 at 10:12 pm
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    Still haven’t broken it..lol!

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  • November 7, 2013 at 10:45 pm
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    if you would put a bevel edge (30 to 45 degree angle) on the large board
    (bending clamp) it would make the metal bend crisper bending over a knife
    edge not a flat surface! great videos! keep up the good work! you should
    leave an access door to both side roofs from that upper deck so you would
    not deed a ladder to go out on your roof for leak repair or loose panel
    tightening etc, etc….

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  • November 8, 2013 at 2:23 am
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    Great to see that roof almost floating in the air weightless! And what a
    view and what a light coming in! Now you look like the old sailor who went
    for a trip and hit solid rock and let out one of his birds to find some dry
    land! :-) The bending goes fast this way though you could improve it a bit
    when you have more support underneath your workpiece! Now it’s a bit swappy
    and you have to do some more hammering! But the result looks satisfying!

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  • November 8, 2013 at 2:30 am
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    Seeing the video for the second time the workhorse keeps the brake much
    more steady then I thought! Not swappy at all! Also it better this way
    bending not to long pieces of metal as I did on my project! When you have
    them too long it is more difficult!

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  • April 1, 2015 at 5:38 pm
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    are those metric vise grips you are using..?????..just curious

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