Sean Cashman Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Decided to bend today.... The long stuff is tough to get leverage on. 8-3/8” x 21/64” O-1 Drill Rod in Benders Battlefield Cordura Wraps - Bend starts around 1:45 minutes in. Edited August 6, 2015 by Sean Cashman 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pizzo Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Very nice Sean! Everything but getting the bar into position for the initial kink looked pretty easy! Personally, I hate 8 3/8" length bars, I can't seem to get any real power into anything longer than 8" or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Decided to bend today.... The long stuff is tough to get leverage on. Very cool. If you decide to bend at this length only...you'll naturally find the leverage. Well at least for me it did...now 7" feels weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Very nice Sean! Everything but getting the bar into position for the initial kink looked pretty easy! Personally, I hate 8 3/8" length bars, I can't seem to get any real power into anything longer than 8" or so. Thanks Frank! It’s so hard to impart force into the kink at this length. If you can get it moving the extra length makes the sweep and crush not so bad at this diameter. Decided to bend today.... The long stuff is tough to get leverage on. Very cool. If you decide to bend at this length only...you'll naturally find the leverage. Well at least for me it did...now 7" feels weird. Cheers Nate. Actually reading through your log and seeing you hitting this length motivated me to try some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Livesey Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I'm very happy to see this bend. I don't think you had a hard time getting it into position at all. Like Nate said the leverage will come once you get use to the length and the technique for applying force. Great job buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshW Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I can imagine the crush being very easy for you at this length! Do you plan on sticking with 8- 3/8" ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 I'm very happy to see this bend. I don't think you had a hard time getting it into position at all. Like Nate said the leverage will come once you get use to the length and the technique for applying force. Great job buddy Thanks EJ. The difference in length requires a slightly different approach to the kink. It’s almost like you have to apply some force, get it stabilized, then crank into it. Thanks for checking it out. I can imagine the crush being very easy for you at this length! Do you plan on sticking with 8- 3/8" ? Thanks Josh. My bending is so sporadic my crush strength is way down, but it still wasn’t too bad. Not sure if i’ll do much 8-3/8” bending. The only reason to bend volume at this length would be to chase the Gold. The Gold is not in my universe with my small 182lb frame! I personally don’t have enough power under the engine. Not saying it’s impossible, but it would take a full-time commitment and many, many, many years of specific training. But I’ll for sure do the occasional bend at this length. I enjoy it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Nice bend Sean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Great stuff Sean! Very happy to see you bending brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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