Anuwbius Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 (edited) Hey there, this goes out to everyone, but especially those who are well experienced in scroll work and non short bar bending. First, be easy on my cheesyness, I cant help it, I'm a romantic. BUT, I want to bend a heart out of some CRS for a special lady in my life. Mainly I am asking how you guys would go about bending the thing. Such as.... Would you start the scrolling with the point at the bottom of the heart, making a fairly large V and then attempting to curve the ends together forming the rounded top of the heart, OR would you attempt a curved bend first, either doing both ends first, then the pointed bottom, or a curved end first, pointed bottom, another curved end. I will be buying a good amount of steel to practice with to see what works best for me, but I would love your guys input. Also, what diameter metal. All scroll work I have done up to this point has been 1/4" (dont make fun)simply because I can actually bend it how I actually want it to look. I cant say I have much experience with thicker Diameter scroll work, but if ppl feel it would look/bend better then there ya go. Really, I am looking for it to be as symetrical as possible, bending only where bending is needed, and I would like to get it so that the ends of the curved heart are touching, if its possible. In case my level of strength comes into play, I have bent all 60D's I'm come across (just conquered this hard batch last week!), easily bend 5" x 1/4" CRS (I dont like going shorter, doesnt feel nice), and have....one time.....got a grade 5. But that was a fluke/weak grade 5 compared to any other I have tried. Anyway, any input/advice would be greatly appreciated. Edited April 7, 2004 by Anuwbius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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