Abstract: An apparatus for shaping panel-shaped workpieces uses an hourglass-shaped roller as bending tool. The workpieces are clamped between a first and a second tool. The second tool has a holding-down surface. Superimposed vertical side surfaces of the tools are offset by a horizontal dimension X, which corresponds at most to five times the thickness of the panel-shaped workpiece. The second tool is inclined and forms a further vertical surface in a region in which the panel-shaped workpiece is shaped into a comer and in which the tool does not cover the workpiece.