I've seen numerous threads and online articles where an 1/8" rod is bent around a round section and welded in place to faciltate the bending. Online I read when bent, the "outside" wall bends inwards "by itself" similar to the inside radius. I have seen bent tubing on treestands that has this same look.
I was wondering if you took a couple pieces of flat stock and clamped them to the top and bottom of the tubing, and then take something like solid stock the same width as the tubing, with 1/8" rod welded to one side each, and then clamp these on the inner and outer sides and then squeeze them inward in an effort to put these radius grooves on the sides ahead of time making it easier to start the bending process of the tubing.
I'd like to figure out an easier way rather than ripping my vice off the workbench . . . if I had a welder I could find out for myself. Thanks.
I was wondering if you took a couple pieces of flat stock and clamped them to the top and bottom of the tubing, and then take something like solid stock the same width as the tubing, with 1/8" rod welded to one side each, and then clamp these on the inner and outer sides and then squeeze them inward in an effort to put these radius grooves on the sides ahead of time making it easier to start the bending process of the tubing.
I'd like to figure out an easier way rather than ripping my vice off the workbench . . . if I had a welder I could find out for myself. Thanks.
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