Shaped Wrought Iron Fence
The strength of wrought iron makes it an effective barrier material, but it is also malleable. This allows it to be shaped in a variety of designs, either for practical use or decorative accents. While wrought iron is malleable, it is also very hard and requires special tools and techniques to shape it. Knowing shape a wrought iron rod can help you create decorative and practical changes to wrought iron fencing. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Bending Angles
1. Put on safety glasses and a face shield. These will protect your eyes and face while using the chop saw.
2. Cut a length of wrought iron rod with a chop saw. You may remove the safety glasses and face shield when you are not operating the chop saw.
3. Rotate the bending block in a benchtop metal bender to the desired angle. Most benchtop metal benders have a two-sided bending block which bends to 60 or 90 degrees.
4. Place the wrought iron rod workpiece in the metal bender between the bending block and the guide rollers.
5. Pull the bending handle, pressing the bending block against the workpiece and the guide rollers. Continue to pull the handle until the desired angle is reached. The more you pull, the greater the angle of the bend will be.
6. Move the bending handle back to its starting position and remove the workpiece from the metal bender.
Bending Curves
7. Put on safety glasses and a face shield. These will protect your eyes and face while using the chop saw.
8. Cut a length of wrought iron rod with a chop saw.
9. Place the wrought iron rod workpiece in the benchtop metal bender between the feed roller and guide rollers.
10. Pull the bending handle until the workpiece is held firmly in place between the feed roller and guide rollers.
11. Rotate the crank handle to press the feed roller against the workpiece and guide rollers to begin shaping the workpiece. Keep rotating the crank handle until the desired curve is achieved.
12. Pull the bending handle back to its starting position and remove the workpiece from the benchtop metal bender.
Tags: guide rollers, metal bender, benchtop metal, bending block, bending handle, benchtop metal bender, face shield
