Good cheap press brake?

[Blaze]

I think it might be time to step up to a better way to bend thick metal. I can do most of the other stuff in my shop, but I have no way to bend anything thicker than sheetmetal. I'm wanting to bend 1/4-3/8" plate.

Thinking about a Harbor Freight 20-ton shop press and then the Northern Tool press brake add-on.

The press brake is $330 and the HF press is $200. Northern has a press for $340, but I figure with a 20% coupon I can get the HF one for $160 and I have some friends with the HF press and they love it.

What do you guys think?

 

[NorCal69]

Swag Offroad sells a press brake too. Don't know much about it though. I do have the tube bender ram mount from them and it works awesome.

It looks like it's almost half the price as the NT brake also.

http://www.swagoffroad.com/20_Ton_Press_Brake.html

 

[sweetk30]

i got the hf press i like it . just swap out the cheep hardware and she good to go. some say tho the jack is hit or miss on life span. mine doin good sofar.

oh ya i removed the china stickers and added the cool stickers.