Hiya, can someone tell me the best way to deform a plain stainless steel pot to make it non cylindrical, but still straight-sided? I possess, in fact, a smokers ashtray pot, a straight sided cynlinder about 6 inches tall, and 5 inches in diameter. I want transform this into make a guitar side bending iron that has a large radius and a small radius in terms of the curves on the sides. However I do not want to cut the bottom end off to 'squash' it since I need end to keep the heat in and heat the thing up.
I have read that you can fill an object with sand then squash it somewhat and it may work? Anyone ever try this?
thanks
Ray