I have one of the 30" brakes from Harbor Freight. I bought it when I needed to make some brackets for something and the hammer/vise method wasn't working out. I actually used it to bend some 1/8th stainless steel(somewhere between 10-11ga I think according to this random chart I found in google images...), about 4-5" wide. Thicker than it said it bend, 17ga steel max, the bends weren't quite as sharp as something thinner would have, but it worked out well. I wouldn't buy it with a plan to bend metal that thick on a regular basis, but on random occasions it can definitely bend more than it says. A lot of good ideas online for ways to strengthen them up a bit too. A good investment for what I paid for it. I'd love to have something bigger and stronger, but this one lays nice and flat and clamps/bolts to your work bench, so it's a much better option for storage if you don't have a dedicated shop with somewhere to store all of these bigger tools.