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Hey y’all!

Maybe not a lot of answers to this. For DU and reverse bends, I see a folks using some kind of protract/ruler thing to measure the angle.

Also, looking at some certs, it looks like you have to measure the width of the bar. I was wondering if people have recommendations for calipers they like?

So looking for advice on what people use for: —rubber bands? —protractor thing? —calipers? —anything else I’m missing?

Thanks!

I think I really need to work on my crush and I planned on getting some grippers to do it. Right now I have Robert Baraban adjustable gripper but I don't like how far it sticks out so was thinking about buying a few different torsion grippers. I know that grippers have different spreads and I'm wondering if and how I should take that into account if I want to use them to train crush.

I want to make my own wraps and was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for leather. I tried https://www.amazon.com/RingSun-Bourbon-Leather-Sheets-Tooling/dp/B0B1L8NW2F/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1 and it did not work at all. Bent a CRS bar in it and when I took the wraps off I noticed holes already in several layers of the leather after a couple of bends.

Hey everyone- Steel Bending question.

Materials!

-are the Iron Mind Red nails Black (hot rolled) or Bright (Cold Rolled) bar? The photo on IM/GoG makes them look like Black, but any photos I see of people who have bent them look like they could be Bright.

-GoG 5* 8mm. Is that Bright or Stainless Steel? It doesnt specify on the website, and the photos are inconclusive.

Any help much appreciated!

This is my intro post for this community so it will be lengthy. Glad to be here.

Ok so I am brand new to steel bending 1 day lol and have had some grippers for a while but just starting to actually train with them on a regular basis.

I have always been strong, especially for my size so I feel I could be good at this kind of stuff. A couple years ago I was the first person in the world to strict curl 200LBS in competition in the 220lb and below weight class. My best strict curl is a body weight strict curl at 210lbs body weight. During this time is when I bought the coc level 1,2,&3. Those were the first grippers I have ever purchased. I was able to close the 1&2 and almost the 3. I closed the 3 a couple weeks later. At this time I could also bench press 500lbs raw at 210lbs body weight.

A medical issue caused me to stop working out for a while but I am just getting back into it now.

I went out and bought a bunch of stuff from the hardware store yesterday and some suede wraps. This is what I have bent to a 2in separation or less unbraced so far.

-20D nail

-A few 6in timber tie looking things I already had lying around measuring .21in in diameter

-A 60D Timber Tie with a .25in diameter

-A 60D nail that has a diameter of .27in

Those were all easy and then I tried the following.

Bought 4ft of 304 stainless steel .25in rod and cut off an 8in piece. That sucker was hard and I could only kink it. The 60D nail was pretty easy but this stainless steel is crazy hard and the diameter is less.

I also kinked a 12in 3/8 diameter spike over my thigh but that’s all I could do with that. I think I like the unbraced bending better. Going to try a wrench soon though.

It was a lot of fun and want to bend more today but after yesterday my hands are hurting so I am going to let them recover.

Sorry for such a long post, wanted to give a decent intro. Once again, glad to be here. Ready and open for any advice or cool things to bend.

After a month give or take of bending I managed to do a 60d nail yesterday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy127aCPTx_/?img_index=1

Here's to hoping I can keep making good progress.

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Any tips on how I can improve would definitely be appreciated.

Has anyone here gotten it?

I'm mostly interested in it to track my progress. I've mostly been using cold rolled steel round stock from hardware store in my area. I'm aware of how inconsistent that stock and hardware store nails can be.

My main goal with steel bending is upper body conditioning and wrist strengthening, but I am planning on eventually trying to get certified on the red nail. I am also working towards closing the CoC#3 and completing the crushed to dust plus challenge.

I guess my actual question is wether or not it's worth getting the bag of nails or if I should just get the refill packs of the Red nail to try untill I can bend it?

Thanks for joining us here at r/SteelBending, feel free to say hello here, get to know each other some, and share your experience bending steel.

This isn't the most active sub, but the mods try and keep it running smoothly just in case. Happy bending!

I've bent about 6 or 7 1/2 inch by 4 foot pieces of cold rolled rebar over the past year and was wondering why I couldn't find anyone else on the internet giving it a try. I was challenged by a construction worker to bend a 3/4 piece of rebar since he said 1/2 is too easy and most people can do it.

I just haven't seen anyone on here bending anything longer than a big nail and was curious if rebar bending was something people do or is it more of a party trick that depends on technique more than strength.

People at my college seem to be impressed but I am currently the strongest person on my campus with a 1, 300 powerlifting total so it might just be a small pond scenario