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Michigan Steel Bending and Breaking Championship


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Congrats guys! Looks like an awesome comp. Great photos too. 

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40 minutes ago, FrankD said:

Congrats guys! Looks like an awesome comp. Great photos too. 

Thanks Frank!

 

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Unbraced Bending Champion

1.   Don Cummings

2.    Carl Donati

 3.    Andrew Dube

 4.    Anton Torrella

 5.    Darrin Shallman

 6.    Amir Bayour

 7.    John Mouser

7.   Tom Flesher

9.   Chris Stillwell

10. David O’Keefe

Braced Bending and Snapping Champion

1.    Don Cummings

2.    Carl Donati

 3.    Andrew Dube

 4.    Tom Flesher

 5.    Anton Torrella

5.  Darrin Shallman

7.  Amir Bayour

8.    John Mouser

9.   Chris Stillwell

10. David O’Keefe

Steel Bending Medley Champion

1.    Don Cummings

2.    Carl Donati

 3.    Andrew Dube

 4.    Amir Bayour

 5.    Tom Flesher

 6.    Darrin Shallman

6.  John Mouser

8.    Anton Torrella

8.   Chris Stillwell

10. David O’Keefe

Overall Champion

1.    Don Cummings (7 points)

2.    Carl Donati (13 points)

3.    Andrew Dube (23 points)

 4.    Anton Torrella (31 points)

 5.    Darrin Shallman (33 points)

 6.    Tom Flesher (34 points)

 7.    Amir Bayour (36 points)

 8.    John Mouser (37 points)

 9.    Chris Stillwell (53 points)

 10. David O’Keefe (injury, did not finish comp)

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8 hours ago, Donc101 said:

Probably late spring or early summer. I will pick a date far ahead of time.

Thanks Don, Id really like to make the next one. 

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24 minutes ago, JHenze646 said:

Great photos, Don!

 

We got real lucky that so many great photos were taken by spectators. The bending figures were given to the top 3 benders and the ball implement was given to one of the other competitors. We drew numbers out of a hat for it. I have the red bender, Dube has the blue one and Carl has the bare metal one.  Thanks so much again!

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12 hours ago, FrankD said:

Congrats guys! Looks like an awesome comp. Great photos too. 

It was a lot of fun!

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My wife sent me some photos she took, I had not seen. I like these.  One of me watching Andrew Dube destroy a long bar. Also, Anton with Darrin doing 1 finger pull-ups in the background.

 

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Such an awesome comp and party Don - can't thank you enough for putting it together and having us and I'm already pumped if you're planning to have another one next year - it was the longest car trip I ever made and I'll definitely do it again - I can't overstate that if anyone was ever thinking about coming to a steel bending competition, THIS IS THE ONE TO COME TO - the scope and intensity of the whole comp was unbelievable - the way everyone progressed from last year in MA to this year though, next year there may be people bending Don's power rack and dumbells - inspirational performances from literally everyone Saturday - I think Chris said he bent his first piece of steel 2 weeks before coming to the comp - I can't say enough good things about the entire experience and can't wait for the next one!

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27 minutes ago, Anton.Torrella said:

Such an awesome comp and party Don - can't thank you enough for putting it together and having us and I'm already pumped if you're planning to have another one next year - it was the longest car trip I ever made and I'll definitely do it again - I can't overstate that if anyone was ever thinking about coming to a steel bending competition, THIS IS THE ONE TO COME TO - the scope and intensity of the whole comp was unbelievable - the way everyone progressed from last year in MA to this year though, next year there may be people bending Don's power rack and dumbells - inspirational performances from literally everyone Saturday - I think Chris said he bent his first piece of steel 2 weeks before coming to the comp - I can't say enough good things about the entire experience and can't wait for the next one!

Thanks for coming Anton! It was great fun. You did really well. We are having another next year for sure!

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Thank you everyone for the great gift!

i was a little apprehensive when a box half the size of our Toyota Yaris was waiting on the porch but it’s totally awesome. Thanks so much.

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2 hours ago, JHenze646 said:

Thank you everyone for the great gift!

i was a little apprehensive when a box half the size of our Toyota Yaris was waiting on the porch but it’s totally awesome. Thanks so much.

We all pitched in and bent to make this scroll for Josh to thank him for the great stuff he made for the event.

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Here are the specific event results:

Double Overhand Bending
1.Don Cummings: 5/16 x 7” Bastard in 6.87 seconds
2.Carl Donati: 5/16 x 7” Bastard in 7.9 seconds
3.Anton Torrella: 5/16 x 7” Bastard in 10.75 seconds
4.Darrin Shallman: ¼” Square x 7” in 1 minute
5.Amir Bayour: 9/32” x 7” in 16.42 seconds
6.David O’Keefe: ¼” x 7” in 5 seconds
6. Andrew Dube: ¼” x 7” in 5 seconds
8. John Mouser: ¼” x 7” in 7.12 seconds
9. Tom Flesher: No completed bend
9. Chris Stilwell: No completed bend

Reverse Bending
1.Don Cummings: Grade 8 bolt to 8 degrees
2.Andrew Dube: Grade 5 bolt full bend in 4 seconds
3.Carl Donati: Grade 5 bolt full bend in 22 seconds
4.Amir Bayour: Grade 5 bolt full bend in 30 seconds
5.Darrin Shallman: Grade 5 bolt bent to 35 degrees
6.John Mouser: Grade 5 bolt bent to 30 degrees
7.Anton Torrella: Grade 5 bolt bent to 11 degrees
8.Tom Flesher: Blue nail full bend in 7.28 seconds
9.Chris Stilwell: Blue nail bent to 38 degrees
10.David O’Keefe: No bend because of injury

Double Underhand Bending
1.Carl Donati: 5/16 x 7” Bastard to 33 degrees
2.Don Cummings: 5/16 x 7” Bastard to 15 degrees
3.Tom Flesher: ¼” Square x 7” to 7 degrees
4.Anton Torrella: ¼” Square x 7” to 3 degrees
5.Andrew Dube: 9/32 x 7 full bend in 4 seconds
6.John Mouser: 9/32 x 7” to 20 degrees
7.Darrin Shallman: 9/32 x 7” to 5 degrees
8.Amir Bayour: 9/32 x 7” to 3 degrees
9.Chris Stilwell: 1/4 x 7” to 37 degrees
10.David O’Keefe: No bend because of injury

Long Bar Bending
1.Don Cummings: ¾ x 40” full bend in 50 seconds
2.Carl Donati: ¾ x 40” full bend in 5 minutes
3.Tom Flesher: ¾ x 40” partial bend (almost to crush)
4.Anton Torrella: ¾ x 40” partial bend (wobble)
5.Andrew Dube: ¾ x 44” full bend
6.John Mouser: ¾ x 48” full bend
7.Darrin Shallman: ¾ x 48” partial bend (wobble)
8.Amir Bayour: 5/8 x 36”
9.Chris Stilwell: 5/8 x 36”
10.David O’Keefe: No bend because of injury

Spike Bending
1.Don Cummings: 10” spike full bend
2.Andrew Dube: 10” spike full bend
3.Carl Donati: 12” spike full bend
4.Darrin Shallman: 12” spike full bend
5.Anton Torrella: 12” spike full bend
6.Tom Flesher: 12” spike full bend
7.Amir Bayour: 12” spike full bend
8.John Mouser: 12” spike full bend
9.Chris Stilwell: : 12” spike partial bend
10.David O’Keefe: No bend because of injury

Steel Bending Medley Champion
1.Don Cummings: DC 1, 10” wrench, 3/8 x 14” snap, 4 oval nails in 9:43
2.Carl Donati: DC 1, 8” wrench, 3/8 x 14” snap, 3 oval nails in 20:00
3.Andrew Dube: DC 1, 8” wrench, 3/8 x 14” snap, 2 oval nails in 20:00
4.Amir Bayour: SCF UL 2, 6” wrench, 3/8 x 14” snap, 2 oval nails in 20:00
5.Tom Flesher: SCF UL 2, 6” wrench, 3/8 x 14” snap, 1 oval nails in 20:00
6.Darrin Shallman: DC 1, 3/8 x 14” snap in 20:00
6. John Mouser: DC 1, 3/8 x 14” snap in 20:00
8. Anton Torrella: SCF UL 2, 5/16 x 12” snap in 20:00
8. Chris Stillwell: SCF UL 2, 5/16 x 12” snap in 20:00
10. David O’Keefe: No bend because of injury

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David Horne added the results to his page. Here are the results with the other past steel bending contests:

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50 minutes ago, Donc101 said:

David Horne added the reverse bends to his Torque list. @Anton.Torrella @Buccos1 @Andrew Dube

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David is the damn man. Really keeping bending full of things worth doing and always giving recognition to folk. This is great news. 

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12 minutes ago, KapMan said:

David is the damn man. Really keeping bending full of things worth doing and always giving recognition to folk. This is great news. 

I agree. He does so much for bending with his contests, certs and records. If you look through his page, there are so many different things you can try to cert or set a record in, it really is awesome. 

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Really cool, thanks for posting the lists and rankings Don - thats my first time making anything on DHWOG - hopefully more to come!

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Lots of talk on the contest in this video.

 

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