Which steel bends easily?

sheepherder · 12-06-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Neil Young

Olle:
That's quite an ingenious bending jig that you have built--very impressive.

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Are you greasing it up real good before pressing??? I have to admit that it seems like what you have made would be quite adequate for a P-38 lanyard ring...maybe a bit of tweaking after the loop comes out of the press, but your prototypes look pretty good to me...

G.T. · 12-06-2012, 12:05 PM

you can also make the loops, just are you are now doing...then make a small base plate with two holes for the ends to set into, and using the same ram, press it flat from the outside of the loop...either way, inside or outside, you'll have to upset some metal to get the original radius look!!... Easy as pie now, all the hard work is done..

...Best to you, til...lat'r...GT

12-06-2012, 12:05 PM	#2
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,740 Times in 1,020 Posts	by the way...... you can also make the loops, just are you are now doing...then make a small base plate with two holes for the ends to set into, and using the same ram, press it flat from the outside of the loop...either way, inside or outside, you'll have to upset some metal to get the original radius look!!... Easy as pie now, all the hard work is done.. ...Best to you, til...lat'r...GT