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PawPaw's metal brake earns its keep making rabbit feeders

DoingItCheap posted nothing new, but a workshop review shows how a sheet-metal tool becomes a practical hutch project.

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DoingItCheap Story of November 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

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PawPaw Reviews the 30" Metal Brake from Harbor Freight and Central Machinery

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2:40Assembly requires screwing the two handles into place.
3:17The beveled clamp bar allows overbending to compensate for the metal springing back.
4:19PawPaw secures galvanized flashing with C-clamps and demonstrates a right-angle fold.
5:51He tests the brake on wire cage mesh.
6:40A visit to the rabbit hutches shows a finished homemade J-feeder and bottle watering setup.

The archive did the work. With no new uploads, DoingItCheap brought in about 8,000 views over the week, while its subscriber count stayed steady.

Among the older videos drawing viewers is PawPaw's review of a Harbor Freight bending brake. The useful part isn't just the tool on the bench. After folding galvanized flashing and testing wire cage mesh, he heads outside to show a finished J-feeder on his rabbit hutches. "And look at there. You'd think that thing was store-bought," he says.

There's a small engineering lesson along the way: the clamp bar's beveled edge lets him bend metal slightly beyond a right angle to compensate for spring-back. Assembly is rather less involved, just screwing in the handles. PawPaw describes the brake as suited to a hobbyist or homeowner rather than production work.

That review has the strongest daily momentum of the three highlighted archive uploads, with a silicone food-warming mat review also finding viewers. Across the channel, daily views are running comfortably above their usual level, though that hasn't translated into subscriber growth.

PawPaw says he started the channel so his grandchildren would have something to learn from after he's gone. A homemade feeder, complete with the explanation of how to get a crisp bend, fits that purpose rather neatly.

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