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Press Brake Seminar at Mac-Tech

theArtofPressBrake Posted on April 29, 2016 by Steve665@April 28, 2016

If you live in the Wisconsin, Minnesota or Illinois areas I will be presenting a two day press brake seminar on May 19th and 20th at Mac-Tech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 888-MAC-9555         Mskiba@Mac-tech.com        414-7691522 

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JMT training program

theArtofPressBrake Posted on April 26, 2016 by Steve665@April 27, 2016

  Press Brake Training Hosted at JMT  

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Bending Basics – A grand unifying theory pt 3

theArtofPressBrake Posted on December 9, 2015 by Steve665@December 10, 2015

  There is a new Bending Basics – A grand unifying theory pt 3 under the Media Tab on the Menu Bar. Bending Basics – A grand unifying theory pt 3 A grand unifying theory of bending on a press brake … Continue reading →

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Dinner in Chicago with good friends

theArtofPressBrake Posted on November 12, 2015 by Steve665@December 12, 2015

Enjoying dinner post show at Mastro’s Steakhouse with my good friends from Greenheck Fan and Mate Precision Tooling.

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Press Brake Training at Capital Machine

theArtofPressBrake Posted on October 20, 2015 by Steve665@October 20, 2015

Thank you to Capital for hosting this FMA certificate program from the Fabricators and Manufactures Association Int. (FMA) and part of their Precision Sheet Metal Operators certification program PMSO These programs can be presented at you company as an In-house … Continue reading →

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A grand unifying theory pt 1 Bending Basics

theArtofPressBrake Posted on September 25, 2015 by Steve665@December 9, 2015

    There is a new Bending Basics column under the Media Tab on the Menu Bar. A grand unifying theory pt 1 A grand unifying theory of bending on a press brake pt 1, from the September issue of … Continue reading →

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FMA’s Precision Press Brake Certificate Program

theArtofPressBrake Posted on September 24, 2015 by Steve665@September 24, 2015

I will be presenting the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Int. (FMA) Precision Press Brake Certificate Program  in Atlanta, Georgia and Greensboro, North Carolina. This program is part of the FMA’s Precision Sheet Metal Operators Certification (PSMO) FMA’s Precision Press Brake Certificate … Continue reading →

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Predicting inside radius when air bending on a press brake.

theArtofPressBrake Posted on August 31, 2015 by Steve665@August 31, 2015

The September 2015 Bending Basics column has been posted under our Media tab on the Menu bar. This months topic: Predicting inside radius when air bending on a press brake. Part of an ongoing series on the topic of bend … Continue reading →

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Bottom bending aluminum on a press brake

theArtofPressBrake Posted on August 20, 2015 by Steve665@August 20, 2015

Here is one more re-post from theArtofPressBrake’s forum page, the question was about Bottom bending aluminum on a press brake. Re-posted here because of its relevance to the trade. QUESTION: Our team still has some problems with over-bending… at least in … Continue reading →

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Press Brakes Operators why should I learn this stuff?

theArtofPressBrake Posted on August 6, 2015 by Steve665@August 5, 2015

I can’t count the number of times I hear “I can’t find a qualified press brake operator”. While at the same time, I hear Press Brake operators why should I learn this stuff? I’ll never use it?” The answer boils … Continue reading →

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