gripmaniac Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I'm slowly getting back into DO bending and want to play with some pre-kinked 8mm CRS & semi-bright bars until I get my shoulder flexibility/strength back. Can anyone advise some good methods of pre-kinking 6.5"-7" bars to say 25-40 degrees so that I'll wind up with bars that will be very, very close to symmetrical once bent? Thanks in advance Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalstrength Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I'm slowly getting back into DO bending and want to play with some pre-kinked 8mm CRS & semi-bright bars until I get my shoulder flexibility/strength back.Can anyone advise some good methods of pre-kinking 6.5"-7" bars to say 25-40 degrees so that I'll wind up with bars that will be very, very close to symmetrical once bent? Thanks in advance Dave Vice grip and some elbow grease will work just fine. Good Luck with the isos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumpster Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I put two 10# weight plates on the ground about 6" apart. Put the 7" bar I wanted to kink on top of the plates (1/2" of each end resting on each plate). Then I held another bar on top, centered and perpendicular to the bar I was kinking. Held the bar there in the center of the bar to be kinked and hit it with a sledge hammer using my other hand. That was good for a kink up to 30 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I mark the center of the bar, and then stick it up to that point in a 1" diameter hole in my power rack. Then I use a cheater bar (a hollow steel tube about 2 foot long and 5/8" diameter) to bend it to any degree I want. If I'm bending it to more than 45 degrees I put a little less of the bar in there...not quite up to the center mark in other words. I've bent so many that it's just second nature to get almost a perfect positioning each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah!!! Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I do it like Ben does it except I use 2 pipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewokhugo Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Same for me: 2 pipes (i barely use them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainCrush Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I do it the same way Ben does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm slowly getting back into DO bending and want to play with some pre-kinked 8mm CRS & semi-bright bars until I get my shoulder flexibility/strength back.Can anyone advise some good methods of pre-kinking 6.5"-7" bars to say 25-40 degrees so that I'll wind up with bars that will be very, very close to symmetrical once bent? Thanks in advance Dave Just mail the steel to Paul. He'll kink it for you and have it back within a week. -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I put it in my teeth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I put it in my teeth! Hahha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Psoas Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I put it in my teeth! thats sure the manly way to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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