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1. bending steel (score: 1): Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:16:23 -0700; I find myself in a position to bend some steel and I don't want to spend thousands on a brake. I need to bend 1/8" plate at 90degrees, max width would be 24". What I did was purchase a cheapie HF bra; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00045.html (7,866 bytes)
2. Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:02:06 -0400; I am wondering... how does one bend steel? Oh, sure, I know about the techniques used for sheet metal. Everything from the English wheel to sheet metal brakes to hammers and dollies. I'm talking abou; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00103.html (7,809 bytes)
3. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:24:45 -0400; blacksmith equipment (for a horse-drawn plow)?; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00105.html (8,098 bytes)
4. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Dave & Marlene <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:36:24 -0600; Here is a list of links on blacksmithing. This is how you bend steel. Small shops have been doing it this way for hundreds of years. http://www.e-ztown.com/blacksmithing.htm Dave Russell; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00108.html (8,441 bytes)
5. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: shiples@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:28:07 -0700; When I was learning to weld at the local community college a couple of guys were using big torch tips and large bottles to cut anvil blanks out of 1 foot thick plate. I also saw them use a portable f; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00109.html (8,643 bytes)
6. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:10:05 -0400; My cousin has a good sized farm equipment servicing shop. When ever we do heavy steel bending and fabrication we use torches to heat the metal at the bend points. With a little practice, you get pret; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00111.html (8,837 bytes)
7. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:51:05 -0400; Gee, and I thought blacksmithing was just for making wrought iron railings and horseshoes. Thanks for the link. A quick scan didn't turn up anything applicable, but there is a lot of info there. Prob; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00112.html (8,983 bytes)
8. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:52:42 -0400; That sounds like the sort of technique I'd like to learn more about. I'm definitely not talking about compound curves. Just the simple stuff to start. -Steve Trovato strovato@optonline.net; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00113.html (9,293 bytes)
9. re: bending steel (score: 1): Author: "Mark and Susan Miller" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:07:57 -0700; Kidnap Lois Lane, reporter for the Daily Planet. When this strange guy in red and blue underwear comes to rescue her ask him to bend it. He can do it with his bare hands.; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00115.html (7,776 bytes)
10. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:09:05 -0400; There is a special tip for OX-Ace set ups commonly called a "Rosebud." This will heat up metal without cutting it. (Note, it uses LOTS of O2) What you do is hit the metal with this tip until it's red; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00116.html (8,813 bytes)
11. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:45:44 -0700; I've seen steel bending done by laying the sheet on pieces of pipe and then driving a car or truck over it. I've also used the technique myself to immobilize the end of a damaged top rail from a cycl; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00117.html (7,879 bytes)
12. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:05:57 -0700; Are you talking about plate? tubing? There are all sorts of rollers and benders you can get for tubing and thick plate (it'll take multiple passes...). If you don't have access to those, some time wi; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00118.html (7,698 bytes)
13. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:54:55 -0400; Have you ever done this? How wide a plate could you heat up and bend with a single torch?; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00120.html (7,983 bytes)
14. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:50:20 -0400; I was thinking of plate...; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00121.html (7,715 bytes)
15. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:17:39 -0400; Yes, I've done a skid plate for my crawler. It was about 2' across and about 1/4" thick. I've done other bending with it also. If the area is really big, another person with another Rosebud helps a b; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00123.html (8,335 bytes)
16. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:55:02 -0500; I've done 12" of 1/4" or so. It's possible to do more, with a sufficiently large rig. Despite what Eric says, Oxygen isn't usually the limiting factor. A neutral flame should be used, so the rate of; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00124.html (8,515 bytes)
17. Re: Bending steel (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:11:56 -0400; It's pretty simple. Just use a lot of heat. You can do it well enough with a cutting torch, provided you keep your hand away from the cutting lever. It takes a lot of gas though. You want to use as l; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00125.html (9,751 bytes)

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