The guy is doing things well, especially keeping clamp pressure symmetrical on the jaw. That big rotating jaw looks impractical for a shop trying to put out 6-8 thousand material feet each day. You need to be able to stack in the space that big jaw occupies or your man has to twist his back all day. You would cripple him in a few years. The operator is already doing the job of two. You do not want him broken any more than you want the machine offline.
I think you are mistakenly seeing the stiffener on the leaf as a peak or something. Roper Whitley and Chicago brakes often have birdmouth shape in the center of the leaf for balance. The leaf in this case is flat with the thick bar going about 4 feet across, and it looks the same on both sides to me.
Excellent operator. Wonderful folder.
The guy is doing things well, especially keeping clamp pressure symmetrical on the jaw. That big rotating jaw looks impractical for a shop trying to put out 6-8 thousand material feet each day. You need to be able to stack in the space that big jaw occupies or your man has to twist his back all day. You would cripple him in a few years. The operator is already doing the job of two. You do not want him broken any more than you want the machine offline.
I've run a Jorns folder for 18 years. Sorry, but doesn't anyone see that the one length closer to the operator is taller than the other?
I think you are mistakenly seeing the stiffener on the leaf as a peak or something. Roper Whitley and Chicago brakes often have birdmouth shape in the center of the leaf for balance. The leaf in this case is flat with the thick bar going about 4 feet across, and it looks the same on both sides to me.
why this boring music
in the video,
you want to hear the machine working