Hand bending 1-3/4 inch 14 gauge square steel tube

This is just about the limit of my strength, unless I use a bigger cheater bar. And this is one case in which having a little greater, um, physical inertia comes in handy.

For more info on hand bending, see http://www.metalgeek.com/bend

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[hotmetalshards]

Heh. Not bad for a pinche abuelo like me.

[MrDenniski]

I watched the whole thing hoping that his hands would slip :(

[maqmex]

all i have to say is WOW

muy chingon

gracias

[willcolumbine]

That's a nice bit of work in the background!

[THEJEDEYEMASTER]

B R A V O !!

[kingmike40]

You are doing that all wrong. You should buy some machine for thousands of dollars that will take longer to set up than it took you to do the bend.

[artgoat]

Nice! Is that "72" on the guide the radius of the bend? I had a job that needed a 72" diameter, once in 14ga 1.75 square, and I wasn't sure how to do it.