Making Press and Hammerforming Dies

In this video we make some special forming dies to create a new sheet metal bearing shield. This part protects the lower band wheel bearings for the Marvel Series 8 Band saw I recently got. The dies form an upset in the sheet metal then allow me to use the die itself as a hammer form to bend a ninety degree lip on the bearing shield. Material for the die is 6061 with a steel top clamp and the material for the shield itself is cold rolled steel .035 thick.