So, pretty silly question. New to bending.
I have an older Amada press brake that had no tooling so I picked up a standard punch set and a 4 way die. So far that's carried me through what I've needed.
I'm looking through Amada's tooling catalog and see the 2V dies.
Is there a special rail to offset the V's on the 2V?
Also, what's the sash tooling? I guess is 'sash' a term for something? I see it's pretty narrow so I assume it's clearance for tight bends.
Has anyone machined dies? I see the laminated way by laser or plasma. I did that once and worked ok. I know some dies have a 88 deg V and others have 90. Not sure if there's such thing as a press brake die endmill for cutting the V's? lol.
Gosh this stuff is cool but the tooling is $$$.
I'm also short 3 holders but I'm concerned they're some knock off set since I had to have a shop machine more clearance in them since I couldn't get the punch to seat into the holder.
I have an older Amada press brake that had no tooling so I picked up a standard punch set and a 4 way die. So far that's carried me through what I've needed.
I'm looking through Amada's tooling catalog and see the 2V dies.
Is there a special rail to offset the V's on the 2V?
Also, what's the sash tooling? I guess is 'sash' a term for something? I see it's pretty narrow so I assume it's clearance for tight bends.
Has anyone machined dies? I see the laminated way by laser or plasma. I did that once and worked ok. I know some dies have a 88 deg V and others have 90. Not sure if there's such thing as a press brake die endmill for cutting the V's? lol.
Gosh this stuff is cool but the tooling is $$$.
I'm also short 3 holders but I'm concerned they're some knock off set since I had to have a shop machine more clearance in them since I couldn't get the punch to seat into the holder.