I've never used a press brake, but I'm a dab hand at fabbin' just about anything on a leaf brake.
For the most part:
1) Harbor Freight tools, consumer level "Home Improvement Store tools" and the like collect rust in bags in the nooks and crannies of the car trunk, waiting for that "one time use."
2) Newer, allegedly pro-level, "Home Improvement Store tools" inhabit different tool belts, pouches, bags, boxes and work surfaces in multitudes.
3) My old-school Craftsman, Klein, Crescent, ChannelLock, Wiss, ProSnip etc. tools inhabit the Triple-Decker (black, not red) Craftsman Toolbox, the old Sign Rigging Belt/Harness, the (Klein) Electrician's Tool Belt Pouch and the Sheet Metal Tool Bucket.
The metal cutting blade for my bandsaw is the real deal, bi-metal, cut to length from the roll and welded by a g-e-n-u-i-n-e saw blade shop . . . with cutting oil ready at hand . . . :approve:
For the most part:
1) Harbor Freight tools, consumer level "Home Improvement Store tools" and the like collect rust in bags in the nooks and crannies of the car trunk, waiting for that "one time use."
2) Newer, allegedly pro-level, "Home Improvement Store tools" inhabit different tool belts, pouches, bags, boxes and work surfaces in multitudes.
3) My old-school Craftsman, Klein, Crescent, ChannelLock, Wiss, ProSnip etc. tools inhabit the Triple-Decker (black, not red) Craftsman Toolbox, the old Sign Rigging Belt/Harness, the (Klein) Electrician's Tool Belt Pouch and the Sheet Metal Tool Bucket.
The metal cutting blade for my bandsaw is the real deal, bi-metal, cut to length from the roll and welded by a g-e-n-u-i-n-e saw blade shop . . . with cutting oil ready at hand . . . :approve: