camz Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 3:24 PM, Donc101 said: I did my first steel shredder bar. Here is the video. Nice bend! As always! How does David's steel compare to other 5/8" stock you have bent? - I would like to join the competition also, but I am not sure what to order. I could improve my bending down to the 30" range, but still have problems with shorter bars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, camz said: Nice bend! As always! How does David's steel compare to other 5/8" stock you have bent? - I would like to join the competition also, but I am not sure what to order. I could improve my bending down to the 30" range, but still have problems with shorter bars... Thank you sir! This is S275 steel. I am not sure if you are familiar with it. We don't have it here in the US. The batches have varied greatly. The one batch was so hard, way harder than normal hrs. Then the next batch was probably a bit easier than hrs I am used to. Its good that the steel is rated, so the variances are accounted for. This current batch is probably in the middle. It is definitely harder than the normal hrs I get here. A 25.5" A36 hrs bend would be very easy for me, but this was tougher. Hope that helps. You should definitely join in the fun! Edited November 19, 2018 by Donc101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Donc101 said: Thank you sir! This is S275 steel. I am not sure if you are familiar with it. We don't have it here in the US. The batches have varied greatly. The one batch was so hard, way harder than normal hrs. Then the next batch was probably a bit easier than hrs I am used to. Its good that the steel is rated, so the variances are accounted for. This current batch is probably in the middle. It is definitely harder than the normal hrs I get here. A 25.5" A36 hrs bend would be very easy for me, but this was tougher. Hope that helps. You should definitely join in the fun! Thanks! I totally suck at bars shorter than 25" or so. I just have no clue what to do... And I am working on some other bars as well. But my son wants to join Steelshredder, so I will join also Let's see what's possible.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, camz said: Thanks! I totally suck at bars shorter than 25" or so. I just have no clue what to do... And I am working on some other bars as well. But my son wants to join Steelshredder, so I will join also Let's see what's possible.... I don't believe you. Haha. I saw you kill that 18 mm bar to be 2nd on the old mid-bar list. Makes me think you will probably do descent on the new list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Donc101 said: I don't believe you. Haha. I saw you kill that 18 mm bar to be 2nd on the old mid-bar list. Makes me think you will probably do descent on the new list. Haha fair enough... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 233 kg steel shredder bar. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 35 minutes ago, Donc101 said: 233 kg steel shredder bar. Very interesting! You really had to fight for the kink, but smashed it at the end! Strong work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, camz said: Very interesting! You really had to fight for the kink, but smashed it at the end! Strong work! Thanks! I find this steel to be hardest on the kink for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 New scroll I did today. A wine rack in time for Thanksgiving tommorrow. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 Good workout today. I started with the steel shredder 238 kg bar. The sweep and crush are feeling really good right now. I just need to get my kink stronger to keep up. I also finished an 80d spike DO today to within 2 inches. First time finishing one. Did it fairly easy. Also some other random braced, DO, DU and reverse. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KapMan Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Donc101 said: Good workout today. I started with the steel shredder 238 kg bar. The sweep and crush are feeling really good right now. I just need to get my kink stronger to keep up. I also finished an 80d spike DO today to within 2 inches. First time finishing one. Did it fairly easy. Also some other random braced, DO, DU and reverse. Im light years behind you. Nicely done. Bends are getting bigger and bigger. I suspect i-beams will need to be added to bending inventories soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 54 minutes ago, KapMan said: Im light years behind you. Nicely done. Bends are getting bigger and bigger. I suspect i-beams will need to be added to bending inventories soon. Haha! Thank you sir! Getting stronger slowly but surely. I think consistency and just hitting it week in and week out is the most important part of getting better at bending. You have been getting stronger too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Fun braced bending day today. I did the steel shredder 4 243kg bar. I had to cut down a bar to 23.5”. It was a brutal bar. It took most of the 5 minutes to get it done. I also did a new scroll that I am happy with. I have not uploaded the video of the bend yet but will post it later. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KapMan Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Damn dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Flesher Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Donc101 said: Fun braced bending day today. I did the steel shredder 4 243kg bar. I had to cut down a bar to 23.5”. It was a brutal bar. It took most of the 5 minutes to get it done. I also did a new scroll that I am happy with. I have not uploaded the video of the bend yet but will post it later. Great scroll! What size is that? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Tom Flesher said: Great scroll! What size is that? Thanks Tom! It was a 10 foot piece of flat bar. I really like how the flat bars turn out when scrolling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 11 hours ago, Donc101 said: Holy hell, what a battle! You and Reuben are in a league of your own in midbar braced bending! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 3 hours ago, David_wigren said: Holy hell, what a battle! You and Reuben are in a league of your own in midbar braced bending! Thanks! It was a battle for sure. Damn bar did everything possible to keep me from bending it. Have you done any bends yet? How is your training going? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Donc101 said: Thanks! It was a battle for sure. Damn bar did everything possible to keep me from bending it. Have you done any bends yet? How is your training going? I just started the other night. Have not done any bending since shredders 3. And when it comes to midbar bends, it’s probably the first time since 5-6 years. Bent a 28.5” 198kg bar, which went pretty ok. Easy kink and semi-difficult sweep. After that I jumped to a 24” 238kg bar and failed. The 28.5” bar felt easy enough to where I thought I was gonna be able to do a 24” aswell. But the jump turned out to be bigger than what I was expecting. Alot bigger! Edited December 2, 2018 by David_wigren 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 53 minutes ago, David_wigren said: I just started the other night. Have not done any bending since shredders 3. And when it comes to midbar bends, it’s probably the first time since 5-6 years. Bent a 28.5” 198kg bar, which went pretty ok. Easy kink and semi-difficult sweep. After that I jumped to a 24” 238kg bar and failed. The 28.5” bar felt easy enough to where I thought I was gonna be able to do a 24” aswell. But the jump turned out to be bigger than what I was expecting. Alot bigger! It really is amazing how you maintained your bending strength without bending for a long period. This Steel is different than normal hrs. It ramps up pretty quick and almost feels springy sometimes. Good luck with the training and bending! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Gripmas 2018 was a great time. Always great to see old friends and make new ones. My body is beat up and sore today. My main goal was to top David Horne’s list for bending the most pairs of 6” nails taped together in 2 minutes. David was at the top with 16 pairs. I was able to do 17 pairs for the top spot. I was exhausted afterwards. Lots of bending in a short period of time. I was also happy I was able to pull an over 300lb axle with no spescific grip training. Chris Rice is a top notch guy and has put on so many great comps. I am glad I was able to go to the last 2. All in all a really good weekend. Here is the video of the bending. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dube Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Wowza! That is crazy Don! Congratulations, what a cool record to take! A very merry gripmas indeed! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Andrew Dube said: Wowza! That is crazy Don! Congratulations, what a cool record to take! A very merry gripmas indeed! Thanks Andrew, it was a fun day and cool to get the 17. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NealB Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I'm pumped for you man. You kicked some serious ass. You should be really proud of your hard work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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