What could this 'jig' be for?

[Dan Masshardt]

So I'm helping someone clean out the rest of her late husband's wood shop after she had an auction and I come across this thing hanging on the wall. It is aluminum and had a few small c-clamps on it.

Any ideas what it might be for?

[Dave Zellers]

Folding sheet metal is my guess.

[Peter Quinn]

looks like a shop made metal brake to me.

[Joe Scharle]

looks like a shop made metal brake to me.

+1 shop made metal brake

[Dan Masshardt]

Okay, that makes sense. I was just thinking wood because it was in a wood shop.

[Dan Masshardt]

Can anybody think of a reason I'd want to keep it around? What would you use that size break for?

[Michael Dunn]

Can anybody think of a reason I'd want to keep it around? What would you use that size break for?

You could bend your own sheet metal router dust collection for beneath your router table.

[Don Nicholas]

I would save it,.... Next week you may need to bend some sheet metal. Does not look like it takes up much room.

[Rich Engelhardt]

Can anybody think of a reason I'd want to keep it around? What would you use that size break for?
Absolutely keep it around.
There's plenty of things it can be used for.

Now,,,all I have to do is think of a couple of them ;)...

Just kidding - well - mostly kidding anyhow. I did have occasion a while back where I had to bend some sheet metal to make an extension for a ceiling heating duct. A small brake like that would have made an easy job out of it instead of the semi-ordeal it turned into.
Stuff like that is a lot like a hammer drill. You can go years w/out needing it, but, when you do need it there's no substitute.

[Perry Holbrook]

Actually, it's not shop made. I've got one of those. I probably bought it several years from a company that sell jewelers tools. I used it to bent smaller pieces of thinner gauge copper sheet. Perry

[Keith Outten]

Go to You Tube and search on sheet metal bender.

I recently purchased a new Baileigh Metal bender for my shop. Never needed one before but I use the new bender a lot now that I have it.
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[Bill Geibe]

Looks kind of like this:

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http://www.harborfreight.com/30-inch-bending-brake-67240.html

Bill

[Roy Turbett]

I have one and use it to bend flashing.