Abstract: A portable tool stand assembly includes a pair of wheels that are mounted on an axle that is received in a bracket plate. The bracket plate defines a J-shaped slot that has a mobility position in which the wheels are lowered relative to the tool stand assembly to permit the tool stand assembly to be wheeled into position. The wheels may be shifted to a work position in which the wheels are raised relative to the tool stand assembly with feet provided on legs engaging the ground and supporting the tool stand assembly.

Abstract: A gutter cap forming tool is provided for use in a method of forming a gutter cap from a sheet stock blank. A roll forming operation is performed to form a reversely-turned arcuate bend in the gutter cap. The gutter cap assembly includes a gutter cap and a bracket that secures the gutter cap to a building and a gutter.

Abstract: A gutter cap forming tool is provided for use in a method of forming a gutter cap from a sheet stock blank. A flange of the gutter cap is initially formed by a bending brake or a flange bender. A roll forming operation is performed to form a reversely-turned arcuate bend in the gutter cap. The gutter cap is installed with either an extruded bracket or a molded bracket that secures the gutter cap to a building and a gutter.

Abstract: A gutter cap forming tool is provided for use in a method of forming a gutter cap from a sheet stock blank. A flange of the gutter cap is initially formed by a bending brake or a flange bender. A roll forming operation is performed to form a reversely-turned arcuate bend in the gutter cap. The gutter cap is installed with either an extruded bracket or a molded bracket that secures the gutter cap to a building and a gutter.

Abstract: A stand for sheet metal tools is provided that may accommodate different types and sizes of sheet metal tools. The stand is intended to be used with portable sheet metal bending brakes, saw tables, coil slitters and coil holders. The stand has a versatile clamping system utilizing detachable anchor plates that may be secured in different locations and positions on the stand. A longitudinal extension may be incorporated as part of the stand or part of the support structure for sheet metal tools and a rear mounted roller table may also be provided in conjunction with the stand.

Abstract: A scoring tool supported by a carriage that is moved along a track on a sheet stock bending brake. A knife blade is pressed into engagement with sheet stock as the carriage is moved on a track. The knife blade is pivotally retained in a retainer housing that is secured to the carriage. Force is applied to the knife either by adjustable screws or directly by a handle connected to the knife holder.

Abstract: A work table having longitudinal and transverse cutter guide rails and a removable cutter. The cutter cooperates with linear knives on a longitudinal edge and on a lateral edge of the work table for making longitudinal and transverse cuts to form blanks from sheet stock. A roller knife on the cutter cooperates with linear knives on transverse and lateral edges of the work table to cut coil stock. The longitudinal cutter guide rail is provided with cam clamps that flex the beam to securely clamp sheet stock between the upper beam and the table top when longitudinal cuts are made. Grid lines and template instructions may be provided to assist workers in measuring and laying out blanks of sheet stock. Sheet stock may be supplied from a coil that is retained in a coil holder either on the work table or adjacent to the work table on a separate stand.

Abstract: A folding detachable stand for a portable tool that is used on a job site. The stand has front and rear legs connected in a scissor relationship on right and left sides. Rear braces extend from an intermediate portion of the rear legs to a central portion of a platform or a central portion of a portable bending brake. Quick connect pins and brackets are used to assemble elements of the stand together.

Abstract: A forming tool for creating a profile in a workpiece held within a bending brake is provided. The forming tool includes a body, and a carriage attached to the body and operable to move longitudinally along a guide provided on the bending brake. A pair of opposed forming dies is rotatably and removably mounted on the body, wherein the forming dies are operable to create a profile, such as for brick mold or a fascia rib, in the workpiece as the workpiece passes between the forming dies. The forming dies are interchangeable with another pair of forming dies for creating a different profile in the workpiece. The forming tool of the present invention is intended for use with any type of bending brake.

Abstract: A multifunction machine for modifying a workpiece held in a bending brake is provided that allows one tool to be easily interchanged with another tool. The machine includes a carriage operable to move longitudinally along the bending brake, and a tool detachably connected to the carriage and operable to modify the workpiece. The tool can be detached from the carriage and interchanged with another tool for performing a different modification to the workpiece. In a preferred embodiment, either the tool or the carriage includes a projection extending therefrom, and the other includes an opening sized to receive the projection in order to connect the tool and the carriage. The tool preferably includes rotatably mounted rolls that may be used for cutting or forming the workpiece. The multifunction machine is intended to be used in conjunction with any type of bending brake.

Abstract: A portable sheet metal bending brake of enhanced clamping and bending capacity and wherein a cam-actuated clamping structure is provided. The brake includes a plurality of upstanding structural castings which are partially bifurcated to pivotally support upper clamping arms cooperable with lower, casting-mounted workpiece support and bending elements. The bifurcated castings also provide support for a cam shaft on which individual cams are fixed for clamping contact with the clamping arms. The cam clamping force exertible on each arm cam be individually adjusted through a slide plate mounted on the arm and movable to vary the precise cam-arm contact point. Thus, the brake can be assembled completely and the cam plates individually adjusted to ensure uniform clamping of the workpiece along the entire length of the brake.

Abstract: A sheet material bending brake of enhanced clamping and bending capacity, by virtue of reinforcing members which both limit the extent of insertion of sheet material into the brake and which support the brake against distortion under heavy clamping and bending loads. The brake includes a plurality of parallel "C" castings extending normally to a bending plane, the castings having clamping and bending means located at their cantilevered ends. Adjustable reinforcing elements engage horizontal surfaces of the castings and project across the throats of the castings to retain the casting legs against separation under excess clamping and bending loads imposed thereon and to limit the distance to which the sheet material can be inserted into the castings.

Abstract: A holding device or "cradle" for holding a coil of sheet material so that the material can be unrolled from the coil and cut to length. The cradle takes the form of an open-topped tray having side walls and an end wall, the side walls supporting two horizontally disposed rollers upon which the coil is super-imposed. A third roller projects through the annular coil and is spring biased into contact with the interior of the coil to retain the coil in position. The unrolled sheet material is guided by the curved bottom onto a scoring or cutting bed which has spaced, parallel non-marring surfaces which are raised above the surface of the bed to define a cutting space therebetween. An upper score guide is moveable away from the scoring bed to accommodate the entry of sheet material therebetween and is moveable downwardly into contact with the sheet material to clamp the sheet material in position for cutting and to provide an elongated cutting edge which is aligned with the space between the non-marring surfaces.

Abstract: A brake for bending sheet metal and including a bending leaf which is hinged to the workpiece clamping portions of the break by means of an integrally extruded, pin-less hinge. The bending leaf also is provided with an offset handle, so that the workpiece contacting portion of the bending leaf is of reduced size to fit within a previously formed portion of the workpiece. The hinge design includes interfitting protuberence and recess elements which are assembled by axial sliding movement, but which cannot radially disengage over the entire pivot range of the hinge, which range is sufficient to bend the workpiece over 90.degree..

Abstract: A sheet metal slitter of the type having a pair of parallel shafts journalled at spaced axial points and a slitter roll on each shaft, the rolls cooperatively defining a cutting nip. The invention resides in a bearing assembly with bearings cantilevered from a support element. The bearings are positioned, respectively, adjacent the pair of slitter rolls on the shafts to resist forces tending to separate the shafts during metal cutting. The support element is slotted to accommodate the cut portions of the workpiece without spreading or tearing and with substantially no bending.

Abstract: A brake for bending sheet metal includes upper and lower clamping members, with a pressure slideably mounted on the upper clamping member. A bell crank is advantageously provided with its longer arm being utilized as a handle. The bell crank is pivotally engaged with the upper clamping member and its shorter arm is coupled by a link to the pressure member. When the handle is rotated towards the clamping members, the toggle action of the linkage provides maximum force per unit rotation at the top of the stroke to securely lock the upper clamping member against the lower clamping member. A stop is utilized to prevent further movement of the handle once the link-shorter arm pivot point travels slightly past an imaginary line between the bell crank and the link-pressure member pivots. In one embodiment, the linkage is adjustable in length to regulate the amount of clamping force. The locking mechanism is coupled to the brake in such manner that it does not bridge the upper and lower clamping members.

Abstract: A portable saw table of extensible working length for cutting workpieces at various angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece, including an elongated main deck having an upper support surface and a boom support element projecting upwardly from said support surface. The main deck has front and rear parallel longitudinal edges, and at least one elongated top deck telescopically engages the parallel longitudinal edges of the main deck, this top deck having an upper work supporting surface above the upper support surface of the main deck. A saw supporting boom is pivotally mounted on the boom support element, the boom having a work-supporting surface supported at the level of the work-supporting surface of the top deck by integral downwardly depending flanges contacting the main deck.