Not impossible but very difficult to make that double-bend without making a jig of some sort.

E.g. miil or fabricate a step of height equal to the displacement, in a piece of steel bar or thick plate, cut it cross-ways to form a matching pair. Drill a hole to locate a pin than will align the lower die, blank and upper die. A large bench vice would probably supply enough pressure to form the part.

Alternatively you might get away with making one bend then clamping it between some plates of appropriate thickness in a vice to, make the second bend.

When I made mine at school we just used the bench vice. Stand two pieces of scrap of the same thickness as your plate vertically in the vice and 3-4mm apart. Place your plate in the vice so one vertical is in front and one behind and then just tighten the vice. The plate will bend flat against the jaws and the jog will form between the two verticals

There are of course alternative ways of making the screw captive, not better, just different.

Anyone contemplating making toolmakers clamps my *** webpage *** might help. Harold Hall's website has plenty of useful information on toolmakers clamps complete with drawings, suggested sizes and different styles, well worth a look: Workshop Projects – Toolmakers Clamps.

John

I joggled one using 2 other clamps, bending by hand. Not as sharp a bend as the commercial item.

I suppose I would bring out my CZ metal bender, if I really wanted to copy that. Lots of mini metal benders out there. Chronos copied the same thing a couple years back but no longer seem to advertise it.

Even on the Eclipse version, those plates are a bit of a fudge imo. Tony and Jason have offered the best engineering solutions above.