Hi,
Does anyone know of an online table of minimum bend radiuses for eg silver steel rod ? I need to put some tightish bends in some 2mm ss and just wondered how tight I should go ?
Thanks,
Wire bending
Nov 13, 2006
2 Replies
Heating the wire to bright red with a propane torch will let you bend it very tightly indeed - almost 90deg if you don't mind the distortion. It works well with thicker silver steel to make crank-ended boring bars.
HTH Guy
Useful info, thanks for that. I finally decided that 4 bends in a bit of 2mm rod don't really need anything more complicated than a vice + molies - and so it proved :-)
Cheers,
Join the Discussion
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Didn't find your answer?
Ask the community — no account required