Moog Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Hi everyone I just started bending about a month ago and really enjoying it. I started off with lengths of CRS and now working on Carriage Bolts and IM nails. Does anyone have any tips specific to bending shorter lengths of metal (6" and under). I can bend both the IM White & the IM Yellow, (and also 8" bolts rated at about 220lbs) but can only just kink the IM Green (because it's shorter even though it's easier). This seems to currently be a sticking point for me at the moment. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.. Cheers M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMunger Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Make sure you're bending it in the middle. If you're use to grabbing 7" stuff and you grab 6" stuff the same way, you might be really skewing your leverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqeezeMasterFlash Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Work hard on the strength of the individual fingers at the point where you're bending the steel. Your hands have to be like a vice on the steel for it to bend and that gets much harder as the steel gets shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moog Posted February 23, 2004 Author Share Posted February 23, 2004 Thanks guys.. So i suppose lots of thin pinch type gripping would be good training for this? M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmmicklabs Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 No...Use Slim style for 5 inch cuts and use David Horne style for 6 and 7 inch cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 The observation Travis makes applies to me as well. And to add to what SqueezeMaster said, concentrate on squeezing the steel with your first two fingers with all ya got, while minimizing wrist bend, to prevent your hands from getting in the way of eachother. You may need extra padding on the ends of the nail to prevent puncture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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