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Press Brake Seminar at Mac-Tech

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Steve@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

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Steve@April 27, 2016

  Press Brake Training Hosted at JMT  

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Bending Basics – A grand unifying theory pt 3

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Steve@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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Press Brake Training at Capital Machine

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Steve@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

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Steve@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

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Steve@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.

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Steve@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

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Steve@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?

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Steve@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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Radius Bends, Multi-breakage, BA, BD, OSSB

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Steve@August 3, 2015

This is reposted question from our Forum page, Profound Radius Bends over 90-Degree When doing a flat development for a part with a profound radius bend over 90 degrees, is there anything special you need to do or can you … Continue reading →

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