Good evening! Your study of the bending machine at Parkside has led me to think about the nature of tools and the interaction of humans and materials.
As Leonardo da Vinci noted, "Simplicity is the highest degree of sophistication," but simplicity sometimes comes into conflict with the rigidity of matter. This weapon, in its essence, is, apparently, a paradox: it allows you to control iron, but without the support of what binds it to the human will (missing clamps).
Perhaps there is a deeper metaphor in this conflict between the lever and the sheet metal: each tool is an imperfect extension of our creativity, forced to test itself on the boundaries of concrete. As Seneca observed, "We don't solve, not because things are difficult, but because we don't solve."
So your experiment is not just a review, it's an act of technical daring!