{"id":44112,"date":"2014-01-23T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/?p=44112"},"modified":"2014-01-23T00:00:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T00:00:48","slug":"how-to-bend-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/how-to-bend-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Bend Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1018_cropped_resized-200x188-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"200\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44122\" \/>Well, while the turkey was cooking, I snuck outside for an hour and a half&#8230;I post these photos to try to give some examples of how to bend metals.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of different techniques to use and I am certainly not a professional body man nor a metal expert, but I do have fun working the metal and I think sometimes the best thing to do is just to do it.<\/p>\n<p>The need&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1008_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44113\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clamp the metal to cut it with an electric shear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1009_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44114\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also use the break to hammer form the metal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1012_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44115\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1013_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44116\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1014_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some times the clamps will not reach where you want them to go so just tack it and use a hammer to flatten out the seams.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1015_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44118\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK this is just because I can&#8230;I am filling up a gap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1016_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44119\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1018_resized.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44120\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PBP_IMG_1139_resized-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Bend Metal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44121\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let inexperience stop you from learning this stuff. I have taught myself all I know and I have built up my tools over my lifetime a couple at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, while the turkey was cooking, I snuck outside for an hour and a half&#8230;I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restoration-play-by-play"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}