Tool Calculator

Take a look at the press brake guy who grab a flat piece of metal and easily makes a perfect flange. At least that’s what … Read more

This sheet metal bend allowance calculator helps you determine a sheet metal part’s bend allowance, deduction, developed length, neutral axis, and springback clues based on … Read more

The tonnage calculation for a press brake ensures that you don’t break your tools or your machine. Simply enter information regarding the bend, metal, and … Read more

You don’t know until you start running a long run of 16-gauge steel and hear the blade grinding into material and your machine groaning to … Read more

Every good sheetmetal job hinges on one thing: getting the length of the flat pattern correct. Get that wrong and your tray sides will buckle … Read more

Why should you care about minimum bend radius? Because it’s possible to make an expensive piece of sheet go from a part to scrap with … Read more

A tool for calculating safe working load, screw proof margin, workpiece capacity, pad pressure, frame loss, screw force and tightening torque of your C-clamp shop … Read more

This is a handy little tool that calculates the trigger-clamp load, pad pressure, sliding resistance, rating margin, and safe working force based off handle force, … Read more

On a workbench, toggle clamps is easy to understand. Flip that lever and there’s a click as linkage snaps across center point. What really matters … Read more

It calculates reservoir refill based off number of pump shots or metering points and the duty hours per axis. It also consider weekly demand, estimated … Read more

This machine vise clamping force calculator estimate cutting-force margin, lifting effect, friction hold, jaw pressure, and screw thrust in a Miller vise setup. We all … Read more

Arbor presses appear easy until pin refuses to seat or the broach binds. Then it’s time to learn that force isn’t just a figure stamped … Read more

How much pressure will it take? Depending on the material (shear strength), sheet thickness, cut length, hydraulic punch tonnage is the difference between running a … Read more

The calculator is based off unit power, spindle power, spindle torque limit, operation type, engagement, efficiency, and feed rate to estimate metal removal rate. It … Read more