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Old 12-06-2017, 05:31 PM
Charlie Myres Charlie Myres is offline
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However I've been trying to research how people have gone about bending and curving said bright drawn rod. There seems to be precious little on any of the forums or on the web.

are there other time honoured methods of rod wrangling?

Bend over knee
Bend over gas bottle
Bend over corner of bench etc...

Any pearls of wisdom on wireframe bucks gratefully received.

Thanks.
I had the same question and like you found bugger-all on the net.

I have curved 6mm rod across two open vice jaws, tapping in the centre with a heavy hammer; the risk may be cracking the vice!

Two bits of round bar, about 25mm diameter, welded to a plate and set on the anvil would be just as useful and indestructible.

Some sheet metal rolls have grooves machined in the end – probably to accommodate a wired-edge – a large enough set would handle 6mm bar.

Nice to see you are back ,

Cheers Charlie
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