Rick, my first experience with metal-bending was at age 17. My grandfather gave me his old Falcon, after he wore it out. My grandmother (who could give the little old lady from Pasadena pointers) drove one also. She had a minor accident, and bent the rear bumper into an L shape. Since I wasn't driving mine, they swapped bumpers with me. I used a 32oz ballpeen hammer, a propane torch, and a wet rag to unbend it. By the time I was done, the only visible damage was a vertical crack in the chrome where the bend had been. The profile was as nearly exactly the same as the opposite side at that point as I could make it with a cardboard cutout of the correct shape. Took several hours, but I had a blast doing it! ;)
that was about 38 years ago.
Bill in OKC
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Sparber" <rgsparber@...> wrote:
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> What an interesting idea - using a torch and a wet rag. I'll have to try
> that.
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> Thanks,
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> Rick
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> -----Original Message-----
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> I'd be careful with that. Uneven heating and cooling is a proven way to
> warp steel. I used to work for a structural company and the old guys
> made arches with a torch and a wet rag.
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> Ron Thompson
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