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| Author: | WendyW [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Possible to rebend a waist |
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to change a waist bend after the bend has been set? I thought I had it cranked all the way down, but now I can see through the slot in the bender that there is still a small gap.  Can I re-wet the waist and heat it back up in the bender and crank it the rest of the way down? Has anyone ever done this?
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| Author: | Dave Rickard [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
Shouldn't be a problem. I don't think you could reverse the bend but you should be okay putting more bend in it |
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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
Yep, should be easy enough. I've bent a pair of sides both the same (doh!) before, and then flattenend one out and rebent it the correct way completely without any issues. Good luck, Dave F. |
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| Author: | Dave Rickard [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
Dave Fifield wrote: I've bent a pair of sides both the same (doh!) before, and then flattenend one out and rebent it the correct way completely without any issues. Good luck, Dave F. Thats good to know Dave. Thanks |
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| Author: | matthewrust [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
I just found this out today... I had a side that I started to bend on a hot pipe and decided not to use that set. So I flattened it back out for storage. Hopefully it will let me re-bend once the time comes to use it! |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
Wendy, I once bent a profiled side backwards. I was encouraged to flatten it with an iron and rebend. It came out fine. Mike |
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
I often touch up waist bends by hand on the hot pipe, I just put a wet rag between the side and the iron it creates a lot of stream and it bends quick, for some reason the tight bends in a 000 waist sometimes open a little. Putting the whole side back in the bender might scorch the wood, be careful. Fred |
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| Author: | WendyW [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Possible to rebend a waist |
I took it out of the bender after work today and the waist is usable the way it is, so I won't be rebending it. There is a bit of springback, more than I am used to, but it conforms to the mold so I'm leaving it alone. At least I know now for the future that sides can be rebent. Thanks, Wendy |
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