Bending Metal!....

[ajketley]

Anyone got any ideas on bending an inch thick bit of metal. Its got bits coming off of it so access is limited. (its on my seat) I need to make a curved bit of metal straight!

Thank You

Adam

 

[Dan@SJM]

heat it ideally!

 

[Has]

heat it ideally!

cant get any better then a good bit of heat

 

[GazCB]

I remember this guy who could bend metal pretty well. He looked a bit odd though. He tarveled around on a space ship with some guy called Fry and a mutant called Leila. I think he may have been called Bender, but I wasn't sure. I got the hell out of there cos he kept hassling me for alcohol.

 

[gunnergibson]

 

[ajketley]

lol...prob just the guy I need. Be cheaper to pay by alcohol as well :rasp:

 

[BenR]

INCH THICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have fun.

 

[Andy_con]

ask clark kent!!!

 

[GazCB]

My serious answer is this:

If a piece of metal has been put in your car that is an inch in thickness, it would suggest it is there to take some severe form of loading/stress. If you bend it or heat treat it you're likely to weaken it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but one day it'll break and for the rest of your life.

 

[ajketley]

Yeh I thought that but at the end of the day its 11 years old and im getting rid soon to make room for me audi in the summer :approve:

 

[Lunner]

WTF there are NO pieces of metal on teh mk1 clio seats that are 1"thick....even the subframes on stock seats are about 4mm