[Meanwhile in the Garage] apparently has this skill in spades and built himself a metal bar bending machine using an old flywheel and starter pinion gear. To bend metal using muscle power alone ...

Bar-bending operations can be divided into three phases. First, the contractor interprets the construction plan, particularly the concrete and metal structures designed by architects and engineers ...

If you want to bend metal to make shapes, you might use equipment like a brake. But if you don’t have one, no worries. You can still do a lot with common tools like a vise and torches.

Folding is basically using a hide mallet to bend the metal over over bending bars that are secured in a engineer's vice. Sinking – also known as hollowing – involves using a bossing mallet to ...