July 15, 2013

The other week I had an idea regards bending stainless steel sheet to form a cone shape. To help this process along I’ve made a former from some heavy steel bar. It was made from 8mm bar heated on the
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Posted in: Blacksmithing
Tags: Bending, Jig
March 13, 2013

Another little project I completed back in August last year. Before I found my little anvil on eBay, I decided to make some bending forks to be mounted in the vice. These are basically some pins sticking out of a
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Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Bending, Tools
Guest Post by Barry Wood
February 8, 2011

J and C R Wood are the Hull based makers of the Metalcraft range of metal forming tools which includes: Punch & Shears Riveting/Bending/Rolling Tools Strip Worker – Five Tools in One Scroll Formers Twisters and workshop packages Barry Wood
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Posted in: Guest
Tags: Bending, metal forming, Rolling
October 29, 2009

Here’s the polished up results of the aluminium R made during the other weekend’s casting session with the flowerpot furnace. I used files to remove any spru and large bumps then a couple of sizes of sanding drum on a
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Posted in: Casting
Tags: Bending, Rebar