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Old 07-30-2018, 07:44 AM
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Yes, its me and I am green as grass at metal shaping. I'll stay out of the way, just wanted to help get your thread moving. I wanted to make it in four pieces. If you use a washer 3/16" thick as the male side of a large bead die and go lightly, I bet you could start the top bend nicely. Going to be much easier if you plan to weld at the top though. I have found that for long gentle curves, tipping the bend with curve included works much better than bending straight then shrinking and stretching. Don't know if its a sin, but I like to tip larger radius stuff with the e-wheel. It lets you do that whereas the brake limits you to straight lines. Listen to anyone but me though because as I said, I'm a pup at this.
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