MANTHOS Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Last night I had a bending session and for the first time I managed to bend DO! Although I don't feel comfortable yet with this technique, when I felt the steel moving it was really great! From left to right, this is what I managed to DO... : - One nail 6.4mm x 180mm (1/4' x 7.08'') - One piece 8mm x 178mm (5/16' x 7'') - One piece 8mm x 137mm (5/16' x 5.4'') I want to thank everyone who helped me understand this technique and special thanks to Alexis for his useful information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdutton Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Last night I had a bending session and for the first time I managed to bend DO! Although I don't feel comfortable yet with this technique, when I felt the steel moving it was really great! From left to right, this is what I managed to DO... : - One nail 6.4mm x 180mm (1/4' x 7.08'') - One piece 8mm x 178mm (5/16' x 7'') - One piece 8mm x 137mm (5/16' x 5.4'') I want to thank everyone who helped me understand this technique and special thanks to Alexis for his useful information! Great job Manthos!! Seemed like it clicked on that last piece(which was probably the hardest too) as It's not off center and a perfect bend! The more you practice at DO, the better you will be and one day it will click and you will be killing everything in site! Was the 5/16" CRS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Holy Crap! The first time you bend DO and you bend a 5/16 X 5.5" piece of CRS!!!! Great great beginning my friend! You may be one of the best out there before you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tselegala Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 I'm happy i could help!! And those are good bends. Bravo Manthos!! Keep doing reverse, DU and others, training all three styles will make you a truly strong bender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Great bending Manthos! That's some serious starting strength there man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Awesome bends brother!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Last night I had a bending session and for the first time I managed to bend DO! Although I don't feel comfortable yet with this technique, when I felt the steel moving it was really great! From left to right, this is what I managed to DO... : - One nail 6.4mm x 180mm (1/4' x 7.08'') - One piece 8mm x 178mm (5/16' x 7'') - One piece 8mm x 137mm (5/16' x 5.4'') I want to thank everyone who helped me understand this technique and special thanks to Alexis for his useful information! Great job Manthos!! Seemed like it clicked on that last piece(which was probably the hardest too) as It's not off center and a perfect bend! The more you practice at DO, the better you will be and one day it will click and you will be killing everything in site! Was the 5/16" CRS? Thank you Chris! Yes, the last piece was the harder... . The 5/16' piece I really don't know if it's CRS as it doesn't mention that on the label... . How you can understand if a piece of metal is CHR or HRS? :blush Holy Crap! The first time you bend DO and you bend a 5/16 X 5.5" piece of CRS!!!! Great great beginning my friend! You may be one of the best out there before you know it. Thank you Mike!! Mike, because I don't know if this piece is CRS ( :blush ), please tell me how you differentiate the CRS from HRS??? I'm happy i could help!! And those are good bends. Bravo Manthos!! Keep doing reverse, DU and others, training all three styles will make you a truly strong bender. Thank you Alexis! You really helped a lot my friend...thanks again! Great bending Manthos! That's some serious starting strength there man. Thank you Ben! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autolupus Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Last night I had a bending session and for the first time I managed to bend DO! Although I don't feel comfortable yet with this technique, when I felt the steel moving it was really great! From left to right, this is what I managed to DO... : - One nail 6.4mm x 180mm (1/4' x 7.08'') - One piece 8mm x 178mm (5/16' x 7'') - One piece 8mm x 137mm (5/16' x 5.4'') I want to thank everyone who helped me understand this technique and special thanks to Alexis for his useful information! Great job Manthos!! Seemed like it clicked on that last piece(which was probably the hardest too) as It's not off center and a perfect bend! The more you practice at DO, the better you will be and one day it will click and you will be killing everything in site! Was the 5/16" CRS? Thank you Chris! Yes, the last piece was the harder... . The 5/16' piece I really don't know if it's CRS as it doesn't mention that on the label... . How you can understand if a piece of metal is CHR or HRS? :blush Holy Crap! The first time you bend DO and you bend a 5/16 X 5.5" piece of CRS!!!! Great great beginning my friend! You may be one of the best out there before you know it. Thank you Mike!! Mike, because I don't know if this piece is CRS ( :blush ), please tell me how you differentiate the CRS from HRS??? I'm happy i could help!! And those are good bends. Bravo Manthos!! Keep doing reverse, DU and others, training all three styles will make you a truly strong bender. Thank you Alexis! You really helped a lot my friend...thanks again! Great bending Manthos! That's some serious starting strength there man. Thank you Ben! Looking at the rad. on the bend and the way it bent I'd say you've got HRS there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 HRS or CRS, a 5/16 X 5.5" bend is HUGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 5.5" x 5/16" first DO bend is hard to believe. Great job! How about a video of the next one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 (edited) 5.5" x 5/16" first DO bend is hard to believe. Great job! How about a video of the next one? Thanks Joe. I think I have one more piece of that cut to 6.5''. If so, I'll cut it to 5.5'' and give it a go at my next session. Edited August 9, 2010 by MANTHOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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