The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association has published a book celebrating press brakes and the skill of their operators — a talent the association worries is getting lost as workers retire.
Bending Basics, by author Steven D. Benson, has 61 chapters covering machine operations, safety and the history of metal. Benson, the president of Asma LLC, is a retired member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 18 who teaches at Oregon Advanced Technological Center in Wilsonville, Oregon.