Metal Bending

**Top Cat** · 01-01-2011, 03:41 PM

Not sure if this is where this goes Jeff. Feel free to move it if it belongs somewhere else.
I bought an Ultimate seat on Ebay. It has a slot for a backrest but no backrest came with it. The Ultimate rest costs $200. Not doing that ::)
I have a rest that I cut down the metal on to make it fit in the slot.
Now I need to bend the steel to make it conform to the angles of the seat.
Do I just heat it with a bernz-a-matic torch till it is orange and beat it with a hammer. If that works , do I need to immediately drop it into water to make the metal resistant to bending again?

01-01-2011, 03:41 PM	#1
Top Cat Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of New York State Posts: 15,154	Metal Bending Not sure if this is where this goes Jeff. Feel free to move it if it belongs somewhere else. I bought an Ultimate seat on Ebay. It has a slot for a backrest but no backrest came with it. The Ultimate rest costs $200. Not doing that ::) I have a rest that I cut down the metal on to make it fit in the slot. Now I need to bend the steel to make it conform to the angles of the seat. Do I just heat it with a bernz-a-matic torch till it is orange and beat it with a hammer. If that works , do I need to immediately drop it into water to make the metal resistant to bending again? __________________ Tim "TC" Conley VBA #9 2011 Victory Kingpin mine 2013 Victory Boardwalk -hers [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [SIZE=4] Login or Register to Remove Ads
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