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>i will paythose who point me in the right direction
no you wont.
But in my mind this problem has two big choices that will impact what choices you make. So first off is what material you want and how to form that material.
Personally if I had this project forced upon me I would likely bend up whatever material into sharp corners and on a second pass attempt to bend the sharp corners into rounded peaks. Reckon you could relieve the sharp corners with round die pretty easily.
Issue with my way would be id likely make a die that only did one fold at a time, where as when this was made it was likely stamped in one pass once it was cut to size. So with two passes on a bottle jack press id be wasting tons of time.
Press brake would be nice if the throat was deep enough but still would have to figure out how to smooth out the peaks.
Material choice impacts this because some metals dont like being bend like this without cracking and also we dont want something that will stain clothes it comes in contact with. Plus it has to have some ability to withstand water and likely being put away wet. Having never used a hand washer I am also unsure what thickness would be the most useful, IE very thick for rigidity-durability or very thin for cost-ease of manufacture-possibly user comfort.
Is the current damage to the point where it has eaten enough metal to cause breaks-tears-holes that would catch on a the garment being washed?
If it is just a surface finish issue perhaps trying to clean away the existing part might be a good choice.
Lastly if this is being used and the effort was being made to repair it, seems worth while to my autism to speak to the user to find out what was lacking in the original design. Would have to imagine size-frame material-how this thing is held/sits in the basin-etc could be optimized for this user while being repaired.

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i need to be a able to bend and corrugte metal to the size and shape of a handlheld clothing washer. or to be able to buy it at a reasonable price…