Combined portable sheet bending brake and cutter

The method of making a portable sheet bending brake comprising

• providing a base,
• providing a plurality of C-shaped members positioned on said base at longitudinally spaced points, each said C-shaped member comprising a lower arm fixed to said base and an upper arm spaced from and overlying said lower arm,
• providing a first member fixed to the lower arms of said C-shaped members and having a longitudinally extending clamping surface,
• providing a second member for bending a workpiece hinged to said first member and extending longitudinally with respect to said first member, each of said first and second members having substantially the entire length of the longitudinal edges thereof formed with longitudinally spaced intermeshing integral projections,
• providing a hinge pin extending through said openings of said second member and said slots of said first member,
• providing a longitudinally extending clamping member mounted on the upper arm of said C-shaped members,
• providing a handle member on said brake for moving said clamping member,
• providing a track extending longitudinally on said portable sheet bending brake,
• providing a cutter removably mounted on said track and movable longitudinally of said track, said cutter comprising opposed cutting rolls adjacent the clamping surface when the cutter is on the track such that the cutter may be moved along said track to cut a workpiece.

A portable sheet bending brake comprising

• a base,
• a plurality of C-shaped members positioned on said base at longitudinally spaced points,
• each said C-shaped member comprising a lower arm fixed to said base and an upper arm spaced from and overlying said lower arm,
• a first member fixed to the lower arms of said C-shaped members and having a longitudinally extending clamping surface,
• a second member for bending a workpiece, said second member being hinged to said first member and extending longitudinally with respect to said first member,
• a longitudinally extending clamping member mounted on the upper arms of said C-shaped members,
• a handle member on said brake for moving said clamping member against said clamping surface on said first member for clamping a workpiece against said clamping surface between said clamping member and said first member,
• means providing a track extending longitudinally on said portable sheet bending brake, and
• a cutter mounted on said track and movable longitudinally of said track,
• said cutter comprising means for engaging said track to guide longitudinal motion of said cutter, and opposed cutting rolls adjacent to the clamping surface when the cutter is on the track so as to cut a workpiece clamped against said clamping surface as the cutter is moved along said track.