Malco MB48A 48" Portable Mini Brake, 22 Gauge Capacity, Sheet Metal Bender for HVAC, Roofing & Ductwork Fabrication

Great tool for bending metal and fabricating flashing and other things. Built tough, not for the weak. It's heavy but it's stable and it works as intended. I registered my unit for the warranty period and received a very nice catalog and welcome pack to the Malco family. After having to fight with other manufacturers over trivial items this was a pleasant surprise. Great company and great tools. Glad I finally bought this.

Works like it should.

This is a great small portable brake., the quality is good. It is good value for the money.

Great for small projects, You just need to start with scrap to get tension settings correct before bending your project so that bends are true and sharpe

Excellent tool, heavy duty for a portable brake and good price for a DIY giy. It's 4' so obviously cross breaks have to be less than 4'. I ripped 22 gauge to 42" and built all the ducts I needed. End caps aren't a problem if you bend opposite sides then flatten just 3" with seemers, for the other two folds. the prefold will easily bend back up. Lastly, there's no instructions on how to align or calibrate for an even right fold. It's simple: using two half inch wrenches secure the head of the bolt and loosen the nut to open the gap, tighten it to close it. Cheers. Good luck

I'm very surprised at the 5 star reviews. I must be missing something. I've worked with 24 and 26 gauge sheet metal for 30 years and have never seen such poor results. The bend is far from crisp. I get better results just using a handheld drive bender. Very poor design.

Works well after years of use

First of all this is not a $5,000.00 break. That being said this break is great, very portable and bends 30 gage sheet metal with ease. I’m an HVAC contractor and this break goes on every job now. Would recommend to anyone that needs to make custom duct or sheet metal.

this is an awesome brake and is very handy because it's so small. It's a little on the heavy side but at least it's durable.

it works better then expected

Vert good product

Good product but wasn’t the one I want, I asked for my refund and send the equipment back to the seller since September 9 but still haven’t heard anything about my refund.

Great for what we needed it for.