Which steel bends easily?

Olle · 12-04-2012, 09:11 PM

I know we have a few machinists/metal fabricators here, so I'm hoping that someone will have some good advice on this: I'm working on a project where I need to bend short pieces of 3mm steel rod to a 3mm inner radius. I have been using drill rod so far, but it is a bit too hard and "springy" to get a nice 90 degree bend with a defined radius. Is there any other material than drill rod that would work better? The problem is that it needs to have a smooth finish (not necessarily ground though), and of course, it also need to be metric or a close equivalent.

12-04-2012, 09:11 PM	#1
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	Which steel bends easily? I know we have a few machinists/metal fabricators here, so I'm hoping that someone will have some good advice on this: I'm working on a project where I need to bend short pieces of 3mm steel rod to a 3mm inner radius. I have been using drill rod so far, but it is a bit too hard and "springy" to get a nice 90 degree bend with a defined radius. Is there any other material than drill rod that would work better? The problem is that it needs to have a smooth finish (not necessarily ground though), and of course, it also need to be metric or a close equivalent.