Capable of forming 16-gauge mild steel (14-gauge aluminum)
Hand lever controls the amount of shrink or stretch
Large throat depth and recessed design allows you to work with curved or uneven pieces of metal, not just flat sheets
Switching between shrinker and stretcher jaws is easy (simply lift them up and out of the holder, then replace them)
Can be benchtop mounted or turned into a foot pedal-operated machine (stand sold separately)
Cast iron frame enables the machine to shrink and stretch thick sheets for many years
Baileigh manually operated metal forming shrinker stretcher has a heavy cast iron frame with a deep 8-inches throat. It comes standard with two sets of jaws, one for shrinking and one for stretching. This bench mounted shrinker stretcher is a manually operated machine that uses a hand operated lever to control the amount of shrink or stretch: one for shrinking and one for stretching. This bench mounted shrinker stretcher is a manually operated machine that uses a hand operated lever to control the amount of shrink or stretch. The sheet metal shrinker stretcher has a mild steel capacity of 16 gauge and an aluminum capacity of 14 gauge. No other sheet metal stretcher shrinker on the market has such a generous throat depth with a heavy maximum capacity. An optional stand that integrates a foot pedal control for operation. Power: manual.