[TheForge] Bending Steel

[David E. Smucker]

Mark,

Are you wanting a "compound" bend in the strips or only a flat piece bent to 
the curvature of the globe?

If you can accept the flat bend then I would make a bending jig from a large 
section of pipe, the diameter of your desired globe.  Many junk yards have 
sections of large pipe and you could get them to burn off a junk that you 
could make a bending jig from.  Then you use bending forks to bend you 1/8 
steel to the form.  After you have lots of these, you weld them together at 
the north and south pole.

If you want compound curves it is harder.

Dave Smucker

Mark said:

I'm attempting to bend large, irregular strips of 1/8" mild steel into
a shape suggesting a globe. Any thoughts on method and tools to do
this bending/curving?

Thanks,
Mark
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