Authentic Tools
The single station Versa-Bender fabricates metal and flashing such as counter flashing, saddles, fascia, tile pans and metal panels on the job site and quickly adjusts to desired bending depth 5/8 to 7-1/2 inches. It bends metal straight or milded angled bends on a curve in various directions up to 90 degrees and can handle 24-gauge steel, .040-inch aluminum, copper, zinc and painted metals. Its exclusive five-point adjustable handle and handle on the roller shaft for more leverage and less fatigue. The tool also features extra roller bearings on the faceplate to keep the metal in place while bending. The Versa-Bender also has foam grips on the shafts for comfort while making small bends.

Beck Automation
The Missouri company manufactures controls for roll formers, cut-to-length lines, tube mills, trim shop folders, portable roll formers and slit/cut-to-length lines. Beck also offers a plant-wide download/upload package linking the office to your plant floor. Complete retrofit projects may include engineering, panel building and installation.

Berridge Manufacturing
Berridge offers the SS-14, SS-1421, SS-21, CL-21 and SP-21X for standing seam profiles, BP-14 for Bermuda panels, BP-21 for batten seam panels, SL-24 for a tapered tee panel and SL-1 for a compound curved panel. Berridge designs and manufactures its own line of factory-adjusted, precision tolerance portable roll former machines. State-of-the-art computer-aided design and manufacturing systems ensure total accuracy in tooling design and fabrication. The stainless steel full-height non-adjustable rollers used on Berridge portable roll formers ensure the correct profile is formed every time with no field adjustment required. Each machine forms a specific profile with no field adjustment necessary.

DeWalt
DeWalt is a leading manufacturer of industrial power tools with more than 300 power tool and equipment products as well as 800 power tool accessories, including corded and cordless drills, saws, hammers, grinders, routers, planers, plate joiners, sanders, lasers, generators, compressors and nailers, as well as saw blades, metal and masonry drill bits, abrasives, screw driving accessories and more.

Drexel Metals
Drexel offers a complete line of portable roll forming machines.  The Drexel systems come complete with engineering designed to meet and/or supersede most wind requirements for the residential and commercial market segments. Metal Roof Systems by Drexel Metals gives the customer the ability to manufacture multiple panel profiles: DMC 100SS (1-inch standing seam), DMC 150SS (1-1/2-inch standing seam), DMC 150 SL (1-1/2-inch snap lock), DMC 175 S (1-3/4-inch snap lock), DMC 200S (2-inch standing seam) and DMC 5-V (5V-crimp). All systems come complete with a licensing agreement, quality assurance program, technical details and installation support. Drexel also offers an extensive coil and flat sheet inventories in both, steel and aluminum, national distribution locations and weathertightness warranties.

Dynamic Fastener
The company offers tools from DeWalt, Milwaukee, Skil/Bosch, Fein, Trumpf, Olympic, Makita and Kett Electric Tools, as well as fall protection from DBI Sala, Miller and Guardian Fall Protection, including hard hats, safety glasses and hearing protection. Dynamic also offers Klein, Proto and Wright erection wrenches, plus bolt bags and leather goods. Dynamic offers same-day shipping of screws, anchors, flashings, safety equipment, hand tools and power tools. Information is available in a free 124 page, full color, tool and fastener hand guide, providing engineering data and detailing product offerings.

Engage Machinery
Engage offers machines for every shop, job and budget. Products have unique features, offer ease of operation and are the best value in the sheet metal industry. Engage has machines that can meet all processing needs: folders, slitters, recoilers, shears, decoilers, in-plant roll formers, portable roll formers, slip rollers, handbrakes and more.

Engel Industries
Engel offers the 500 series, as well as the 800 series, featuring 11 models ranging from the M-800 to the M-825.

Englert
The New Jersey-based manufacturer and supplier offers a line of Metal Man tools for metal roofing installation and sheet metal work. More than 20 tools for finish panels and trim work are available, including two specialty hand shears for shearing panels or diagonals in a single cut. Also available are sheet metal working pliers including seam openers, seamers, straight angles, as well as hard benders, folders, plastic hammers and the portable Swenson Shear. Englert offers its customers the full line of Metal Man portable roll forming machines for standing seam roof and wall panels along with a full line of accessory products including power and manual seamers, folders and shears. Englert offers its Multipanel for 1-1/2-inch and 1-3/4-inch snap lock and a 1-1/2-inch and 2-inch mechanically seamed profiles; the Series A500 for 5V crimp; the A1000/1300 for mechanically seamed; the Variseam for 1-1/2-inch and 1-inch snap lock and the 1-1/2-inch mechanically seamed; and A1100 for 1-1/4-inch snap lock. All of Englert’s Metal Man roll forming machines are contract manufactured to strict custom design specifications set by Englert and serviced by trained technicians in each of Englert’s 10 branch offices.

ESE Machines
ESE is the manufacturer of the first portable roll former in the U.S. to be designed for the jobsite. The Panformer Models 100 for 1-inch and 150 for 1-1/2-inch architectural double lock standing seam panels are designed to be user friendly, simple and reliable. The lightweight ESE machines are available on a trailer or without. The 2-horsepower motor runs on household 115 volt 20 amp single-phase current or with a 5,000-watt generator. Machines are capable of forming up to 50 feet per minute with step-free width adjustment between 10-1/2 and 25 inches without changing dies. For use with 24-gauge steel, .04-inch aluminum, 20-ounce copper and .8mm zinc maximum. Machines come equipped with a cut-off shear, remote switch, limit switch for batch runs and an optional use set of stiffening ribs.

Excalibur Tools
The ECR6114 Excalibur Tools metal roofing kit, features two cordless tools to cut and fasten metal roofing. The Model EM6114 Sheet Metal Cutter is an Australian designed two-blade cutter with Gen 3 technology. It provides maneuverability and speed for accurate and safe cuts, while leaving no distortion. It cuts tight curves or straight lines and requires only one hand to operate. It can save time and labor costs with a cutting speed up to 12 inches per second. The Model ECD6714 Excalibur Impact Driver fastens roof panels with speed and ease. It takes standard 1/4-inch shank bits and features a comfortable molded ergonomic design handgrip. The kit includes the Metal Cutter, cordless 14.4V Impact Driver, two Ni-MH 2.5 AH batteries, a one-hour charger, a heavy duty carry bag and a tool to rotate cutting head 360 degrees.

Fein Tools
The new BLK 1.3CS Nibbler offers the fastest cutting speed in its class, covering 7-1/2 feet per minute. The high power motor, combined with the slimmest and most maneuverable design in its class, the BLK 1.3CS is designed for cutting corrugated. The rotating punch increases punch life by 30 percent and the cutting direction is adjustable in increments of 45 degrees.

Hado Machinery
The New Jersey-based distributor of metalworking tools features the Metal Stretcher and Metal Shrinker for metal angle forming. It also manufactures the Hado Suplex soldering torch that heats up from a cold start in just 1 minute and stays hot throughout the lightest or heaviest soldering job.

Hot Melt Technologies
Hot Melt manufactures in-line hot melt sealant application equipment for integration to all makes of roll formers. Simple system integration uses HMT-8101 sealant thermally applied to meet extended warranty, low slope roof, architectural and government specifications.

Karr’s Building Supply
The G-9 Gas Powered Seamer is ideal for large roofing projects and projects with hard to reach power sources. The G-9 is capable of seaming panels 90 or 180 degrees, from l- to 2-1/2-inch leg height at speeds to 40 feet per minute. The motor is a 21cc two-stroke motor with built in clutch and reversible gearbox for bidirectional seaming. The G-9 also can be ordered with a quick-change electric motor.

Kett Tool Company
Kett Tool manufacturers metal cutting shears that will cut up to 14-gauge mild steel, saws that cut up to 16-gauge mild steel and nibblers that cut up to 3/8-inch mild steel plate.

Klenk Tools
Klenk Tools has expanded its product line, allowing it to supply a growing number of hand tools to distributors in the roofing, HVAC/R, plumbing, industrial and electrical markets. Klenk supplies aviation snips, which includes models featuring the new built-in wire cutter and those featuring serrationless snips that leave no teeth marks in metal, metal/vinyl siding snips, hand seamers/tongs, and lightweight aluminum folding tools.

Knudson Manufacturing
Knudson offers a full lineup of onsite roll forming machinery and seamers for the metal roofing industry. The US-9 Seamer, the toughest electric seamer in the business, boasts pre-engineered tooling for nine panel profiles and custom tooling for other manufacturer’s panels. The Knudson KR-24, KR-18B, KR-16 and VP-21M encompass a broad selection of the most popular structural and architectural panels on the market.

Malco Tools
A High Leverage Drip Edge Folding Tool makes fast, clean bends, up to 1-1/2 inches deep, along the drip edge tab of standing seam metal roofing. Easy-to-grasp handle makes working overhead on installed panels a breeze. The high leverage, 24-gauge capacity design also makes short work of pre-folding panel edges on a workbench.  Durable, yet lightweight, construction consists of a 24-inch long, steel plate, folding seam with lightweight aluminum handle and weather-resistant finishes.

Marion Manufacturing
Made in the U.S.A. since 1979, Marion offers machines that run at speeds of 20 to 300  feet per minute, producing a high-profile four-rib and five-rib panel. The Kansas company offers machines to handle variable material gauges in various grades to include embossed materials. Custom panels are available to meet individual requirements.

Metabo
Metabo upgrades its four-piece 18-volt cordless combination kit to include the SBZ 18 hammer drill/driver feature lithium ion technology and offering a lighter weight for greater comfort and increased productivity. The kit also includes the ASE 18 reciprocating saw and the KSAP 18 circular saw, both featuring Metabo’s lithium ion technology.

Metal Roof Market
Metal Roof Market offers a variety of roof panel machines, brakes, slitters and clips.

MetalForming
Feature items include Schechtl automatic folders, as well as Jorns Long Folders in 12-foot, 13-foot, 26-foot and 40-foot lengths in 18- through 11-gauge capacities. The company also has Schechtl shears and coil processing systems from Jorns, Schlebach and Forstner. The company also offers seamers, slitters and a variety of hand tools from Stubai and Rau. The Schlebach Quadro-Plus can form nine roof panel profiles: 1-inch and 1-1/2-inch mechanical lock, snap lock, snap seam/nail strip and U-panel, plus a 2-inch structural mechanical lock. Other Schlebach models include the DSM roll former and FK mechanical lock for double seamed panels; and the Mini-Prof for 1-inch mechanical lock.

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Midwest Tool & Cutlery
The Offset Power Cutter (Model P6516) aviation snip makes faster and easier long cuts on corrugated metal roofing and siding. It features: 2-3/8-inch cut length, one-inch wide blade tip opening and offset blades that keep hands safely above the working surface. Hot drop-forged blades cut all the way to the blade tip. Made in USA.

M.K. Morse
The M. K. Morse Company manufactures the largest line of metal-cutting circular saw blades available, with sizes ranging from 5-3/8 to 14 inches in diameter. Metal Devil blades quickly cut through steel plate, angle iron, channel iron, aluminum plate and steel studs as easily as traditional saw blades cut through soft pine 2 x 4s.  In tests the Morse Metal Devil required only 12 seconds to cut through 6x1/4-inch steel plate.

New Tech Machinery
New Tech Machinery, established in 1991, has become the leader in portable onsite and in-plant roll-forming equipment used in residential, architectural and commercial applications. Patented equipment includes five standing seam roof panel machines, including the new SSQ Multi-Profile machine, a flush wall/soffit machine and four seamless gutter machines. Multiple profiles, variable widths and materials make New Tech the most versatile equipment in the industry, providing machinery to metal roofing contractors, gutter contractors and in-plant manufactures worldwide.

North American Bocker
North American Bocker specializes in the unique metal bending line Wuko and carries a line of hoists and cranes. The newest product to come to the U.S. is the Wuko Lock’n’Roller 1040, used to close single-lock standing seams. It closes the profile in both directions, the width of profile at 12-15 mm.  It can also adjust to standing or batten seam width. Maximum steel metal thickness are .65 mm for galvanized steel, .80 mm for aluminum, copper, zinc and .50 mm for stainless steel.

PowerPole
The standard for power, speed, safety and versatility is the PowerPole. For installing siding, roofing, windows or all three, the PowerPole will be a competitive advantage by providing the performance to get the job done faster and safer. Start with the Standard System and add on more speed, safety and versatility with an innovative line of attachments. The PowerPole features fast one man set-up & operation and a large payload capacity (1,000 pounds per pair). The platform configures for any job and fastens to any wall or roof up to 50 feet high.

Precision Fasteners and Components
Precision carries metal working tools, including hand and electric seamers, single and double lock. The Florida company also offers a variety of snips, 3- and 6-inch duckbill folders, offset and straight rivet drill bits, nut drivers and special drive tips of all types. Precision has a variety of hand seamers.

Roll Former
Roll former touts its most versatile multi-profile machine, the VS-150 — it forms seven different profiles. The base model VS-150 comes complete with the capability to form U-panels to 1-1/2-inches and the 1-inch and 1-1/2-inch standing seam profile, hydraulic drive and shear and infinitely adjustable width panels from 9-24 inches. The Pennsylvania company also offers optional die sets to form snap lock panels, Bermuda roof panels and true batten pan/cap profiles, all offered with a quick and easy changeover time. The SSX Seamer is designed to “double lock” a 1-inch and 1-1/2-inch mechanical lock standing seam panel in 26- or 24-gauge steel, 12- to 20-ounce copper and .032-inch aluminum. It is complete with a front-mounted auto-safety switch for effective and safe operation. The company can produce a seamer for practically any panel in the industry.

Rutland
Rutland offers the automatic PBR-R panel machine with 18 roll forming stations. It handles coil 45 inches wide for panels that are 43.25 inches wide.

Safety Hoist Company
Safety Hoist offers the MH-123 200-pound capacity platform hoist, the HD-400 400-pound capacity platform hoist and the new CH-200 200-pound capacity platform hoist lightweight and portable units. All can be operated by one person and require no special tools for assembly. The Brake Rack attaches a brake to the side of a truck, deterring theft and eliminating the need for stands or saw horses.

Seamer Tools
The Mississippi-based company is your electric roof seamer headquarters. Seamer Tools seamers available for lease anywhere in North America, designed specifically for most manufacturers’ metal roof panels. The company also carries a full line of hand crimpers to go along with seamers and pays for shipping to your office or jobsite.

SFS intec
The Panelmaster Fastening System for metal panel attachment is a belted fastener system that installs washered fasteners, 1-3 inches long. A total of 37 different belted SFS fastener options exist for the Panelmaster tool. Fasteners are painted to match any panel color. The tool kit includes an extension that enables the installer to stand up during roof panel attachment. The Panelmaster Fastening System combines improved ergonomics with fast, consistent fastener placement.

Simpson Strong-Tie
The Quik Drive PROPP150G2 is the first auto-feed screw driving system of its kind. Designed for standing-seam metal roofing, it cuts fastener installation time in half. The PROPP150G2 features a precision placement nosepiece, which allows users to drive fasteners into the pre-existing hole of a standing seam clip and in close proximity to the clip bend without interference by the tool. With collated screw strips, there’s no more fumbling for bulk screws, which also minimizes screw waste. Lightweight and easy to use, installers can now drive screws with one hand, greatly increasing productivity.

Skyline Enterprises
The Colorado company offers a wide range of hand tools, power seamers and portable roll forming machinery from the leading manufacturers in the industry: Malco, Wiss Snips, Ironman, KWM Gutterman, Panther, New Tech Machinery and more.

Swenson Shear
Swenson Shear has been manufacturing quality metal-cutting tools for 50 years. The Snap Table system for concealed-fastener panels makes notching and shearing eaves or hips and valleys an effortless and quick process. The addition of the Hemmer provides a way to quickly add a beautifully rolled hem in one, fluid motion. Swenson’s tried-and-true pivot shears are available for straight or angle cuts on hundreds of exposed-fastener profiles. Shear your panel in one, swift cut.

Tenryu America
Tenryu offers metal cutting tipped saw blades from 5-3/8 to 16 inches in diameter.

Triangle Fastener
Triangle offers a complete line of power tools for drilling, driving, sawing and cutting metal, wood, drywall and concrete, as well as a full line of power tool accessories including drill bits, abrasives, carbide, extension cords, sockets and insert bits. Available are high-performance brands like Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Porter Cable, Quick Drive and Metabo. Specialty hand tools for steel fabrication are also available.

Van Mark Products
Van Mark Products introduces its line of MetalMaster 20 portable job site bending brakes. The Industrial MetalMaster 20 brake is designed to meet the demands of the metal roofing and metal building industry. New features include a 20-3/8-inch throat, the deepest in the industry, as well as a reinforced top locking bar to allow easier hemming of metals. Ergonomic handles and newly designed, self-leveling stand provide greater bending leverage and increased capacity of the tool.  Also look for Trim-A-Gutter leaf protection tool and Trim-A-Slitter, for jobsite slitting, rib-forming and perforating.

Zimmerman Metals
The Z-Panel Form machine makes 1- and 1-1/2-inch mechanically seamed and 1- and 1-1/2-inch snap lock standing seam panels in any width from 12 to 24 inches. Zimmerman manufactures a residential and light commercial Twin Pan forming machine for a 1-1/2-inch mechanical standing seam and 1-inch snap lock clipless panel in 12 to 15-inch width. A commercial Roof Panel machine makes a 1-3/4-inch snap lock or 2-inch mechanically seamed profile in variable widths from 12 to 24 inches.