Patent ID: 6997026

Claim:
A single apparatus for selectively forming either a metal stud member or a metal track member from sheet material comprising: a stud forming assembly capable of transforming the sheet material into a stud member as the material exits the stud forming assembly; and a track forming assembly capable of receiving the stud member as it exits the stud forming assembly and thereafter transforming the stud member into a track member; said track forming assembly being coupled to said stud forming assembly adjacent one end portion thereof and being selectively pivotally moveable adjacent the one end portion of said stud forming assembly between an operative position wherein the track forming assembly is positioned in substantial alignment with said stud forming assembly to receive the stud member as it exits the stud forming assembly and an inoperative position wherein the track forming assembly is positioned such that it cannot receive the stud member as it exits the stud forming assembly, said apparatus forming a stud member when said track forming assembly is in its inoperative position and said apparatus forming a track member when said track forming assembly is in its operative position.