Bending

Did alot of bending recently in the forge so i thought i would sort of detail

my process so i can remeber it later.

Memory isnt too good.

This process can be used over any shape of metal really, personally ive done it with round, square bar

box section and alot more.

1. You need to get an even across the area your going to be bending, its easy if you make sure its just the bending area that is hot. A tip if the area is too small is to clench it both sides down to the size you need.
2. Once its hot enough bring it out of the fire and give it a good brushing with a wire bursh to make sure its clean.
3. Place into a vice and make sure its extra tight, if it moves a little the bend will be off and not look right.
4. Take your bending tool and place it on the top of the bar, i personally use a large pair of adjustable pliers for my bending tool
5. Bend from here round in which way you want, it is quite a physically demanding task so be ready to pull hard.
6. Wire brush after because you will lose alot of metal or scale while bending.

I thought i would leave it with a couple of pictures of items i have bended with this exact method.