Metal bending may sound like an adult thing to do, but kids can easily learn this fun skill! You get to take regular metal and learn how to bend it into all sorts of awesome shapes and designs. How exciting would it be if you could surprise your family and friends with your new creations? A way to express your creativity and have something fun of your own.
It appears to be simple enough, bending metal in the confines of a workshop or garage; however, there is a lot more science behind it. Bend a piece of metal and you are shifting atoms — the particles that comprise matter. Those atoms form the metal, and by bending it you alter their arrangement. That transformation is what gives the appearance of metals.
Not all metals are the same! Not all metals act the same. For example, certain metals take more force or heat to be bent into shape. An easy example is how soft aluminum as a metal, because you can bend it with just slight pressure. This is also the reason, why aluminium cans are being crushed easily. Steel however, is a lot harder of a metal. Bending it good requires way more power and heat. Which is why we find steel used where buildings and tools need to be strong.
A well-known technique is the vise and hammer technique With this process, you start by placing a piece of metal into a vise tool that holds the metal tightly in place. Next, you take a hammer and hammer the metal into the proper shape. It is suited for small metal pieces and calls for considerable strength and precision. You have to be delicate so that it does not inadvertently bend too much or the wrong way.
A second method is called heat and bend. Heat Bending, as you guessed it from the name — You heat the metal up before attempting to bend it. Heating makes the metal less hard and easier to form. It is most effective with metals that are hard such as steel. First off, you need specialized tools that can easily heat up the metal. This makes the metal much easier to bend once it is hot enough!
Please do not lose any of that metal without knowing what you are doing. You need to discover some simple approaches initially. Insufficient knowledge on the correct way to furo de metal can cause danger and injuries.
Now the best part — metal bending magic! Bending metal means turning something unbending and straight into a bubbling force of movement. You can make shapes and designs that just were not possible before– like literally magic!
