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BendWorks is a simple calculator to help you calculate bend deductions, and to help you reverse engineer the best K-factor to use when creating sheet-metal parts in you favorite CAD program. It also includes a set of default "rule of thumb" K-factors to use for various materials, radii, and bending methods.
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BendWorks is freeware which means that it is absolutely free to you. Please click HERE to download BendWorks. The file you will download is a zip file of just under 1.6Mb. Once you have downloaded it, simply unzip it's contents to a folder on your hard drive (C:\Temp, for example) and then double click the BendWorks_V1-1_Setup.exe file to begin the installation. You can also download "The fine-art of Sheet Metal Bending", an Adobe Acrobat pdf document that is included with BendWorks by clicking HERE.
Should you find that BendWorks is of great benefit to you and should you therefore wish to contribute to the well-being of the author and encourage him to further develop BendWorks and other such useful little applications, please feel free to send a modest donation (sales invoices arranged on request). Anything you may wish to contribute can be sent to: 3 Royal Viking Way, Lynfield, Auckland, New Zealand Please be sure to include your contact details so that I can then automatically keep you updated with any future developments, etc. Should you have any questions or suggestions, please click here to e-mail us.
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