Again, I am amazed at the crafstmanship, and ingenuity from folks on this site.
Pat...I learn so much on the site here reading and looking at y'all's examples and diagrams, but other than a few one off brackets, or metal framing or something, I have no experience in metal fabrication since high school shop class in 1974...so I don't know if this suggestion will hold water.
My thought is, if you cut the end of the tube at an angle, so there's less material on the short side, perhaps it will then crush in that direction. It may take crushing and bending in the same operation somehow to accomplish that clean bend. And may require extra length, and trimming on the end you are bending. Also, looking at your diagram of the results you get, I think the "short" side of the crushing die may need to be shaped differently as well ?
Let us know what you come up with, and keep up the good work.
Pat...I learn so much on the site here reading and looking at y'all's examples and diagrams, but other than a few one off brackets, or metal framing or something, I have no experience in metal fabrication since high school shop class in 1974...so I don't know if this suggestion will hold water.
My thought is, if you cut the end of the tube at an angle, so there's less material on the short side, perhaps it will then crush in that direction. It may take crushing and bending in the same operation somehow to accomplish that clean bend. And may require extra length, and trimming on the end you are bending. Also, looking at your diagram of the results you get, I think the "short" side of the crushing die may need to be shaped differently as well ?
Let us know what you come up with, and keep up the good work.
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