Hello! A couple of videos I’ve watched guys use a handmade brake that they bolt or clamp to the edge of the table and it occured to me, why not make a brake that could interface with the 2 inch hole pattern? Have some pegs on the brake that drop in, and then clamp it down or otherwise secure it. You then also have a built in adjustable backstop by using the fireball fixturing tools and shim blocks. The table is more than strong enough to support it and I semi-regularly find myself using a brake (just a cheapo harbor freight one I got at a pawn shop) and am thinking about upgrading.
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Yes that’s a great idea to use a fixture table for.
I’ve just recently gotten the metal stock to do exactly this. I need a 48" brake for 16-20ga and I am planning on building it with 5/8" mounting studs so I can secure it directly to the side of the table.
The Metalist on YouTube has a video for his table-mounted brake. He has a shop-made table with a grid of threaded holes, so the attachment method wouldn’t be quite the same but it’s the same idea. He has tons of other attachments too.
