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Steel shop tool question
Author: I am full of questions
Date: 10-02-2020 - 11:29

The snowplow photo below highlights how a curved plow blade was shaped with multiple straight bends. I am not a machinist but it must have been done by "step bending" or "bump bending" using a "brake" tool? Sketch below.

I do wonder how the machinist got the final product to fit into the frame just right. That's a big heavy pieced of steel to be working. I guess that's why they call it a skilled trade.

Sheet metal step bending:
http://sheetmetal.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Improper-Die-Selection.jpg

Plow made by Russell Co.
https://www.irm.org/gallery/albums/album91/cku.sized.jpg

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