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Bend Sheet Metal Without a Brake

Save money on small jobs by using hinged 2x4s

by Michael Keyes
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The bend won’t be quite as sharp, but as Michael P. Keyes, carpenter and furniture maker in Dawsonville, Maryland, demonstrates in this video, suitable bends can be made for many construction projects. 

Read Michael’s article, New Sliders in a Day.


From Fine Homebuilding 169, pp. 52
March 1, 2005


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