Homeowner Forum / Construction / January 2006

I've never heard this machinery called a brake before.

As far as I know they are always known as roll formers.  They work
with continuous coils of precolored stock that run the flat metal
through a series of rollers that perform the necessary folding of
the metal.  Seamless gutters are done this same way, though their
machinery is smaller and cheaper.

These roll formers are not something that you would buy for one
project.  You would need to be in the roofing business or willing
to manufacture for sale to even consider the investment.
Here is one source:
http://www.rollformercorp.com/rfc-newsite/indexParent.html

Siding contractors and replacement window fellas often have a
light weight siding brake similar to these:
<http://www.nationalladder.com/cart/search_result.asp?CATEGORY=SidingBrakesBender
s&SHOWTHUMBNAILS=TRUE>

Here is a manufacturer that makes continuous siding machines,
gutter machines, and mobile roof sheeting machines:
http://www.eastsidemachine.com/gutter_machine_onsite.html

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Maybe one of these:
http://www.amsisupply.com/catalog/seaming_tools_404597_products.htm
http://oldworlddistributors.com/cart_rau_111.html

Nothing to do with you question, but still a cool link if you like
metal roofing:
http://www.cda.org.uk/arch/Pages/Detailing/detailing.htm

R

The equipment in the trailer is combo shear/rollformer. The red handled tool
is a crimp tool designed to lock the sheets together because they're using
hidden fasteners. All in all, a piss-poor method for installing Standing
Seam metal roofs. I'd put shingles on before I'd use the product line
displayed. A SSR roof needs better components then ol bob is showing there
for longevity.

Dan