Nice video Gary - always a pleasure watching you work mate - thanks for sharing your expertise. Cheers!

Very glad you started up your videos again

Another great video Gary thanks!!

Thanks for the video, I like the look of twisted bars like that, good tips on how to do it.

Nice done....addicted to metalwork

I've also seen a bending wrench. Cool tools

Great video, clear shots of the work. Easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time in making this. I have now subscribed to your channel.

I'm new at welding and metal working so videos like these are very help full I don't need new material

Like the idea of using the tube to keep the twist straight good vid nice to see you back in the forge

Great film Gary -thanks.

Great idea thanks for keeping the bar straight

Thanks for the great info!

That's cool you can twist it cold! Nice catch, too, on the camera 😙

I always thought you have to heat these. Thank you!

Very good. I do exactly the same, but I welded a second handle on the opposite side to make a double-handed tool. If I get into the right position, up close by the vice and in such a way that the main force is exerted downwards and via the whole shoulder and arm, I can manage a triple twist (or even three and a half) in cold 12mm square bar. Might have to tweak it a little in a Miracle bender if you twist that severely. You won't twist 16mm square bar cold though, not without power assistance. 12mm is the limit of 'normal' human strength I would say. Longer twists are easier than shorter ones (less effort) but conversely longer twists require more turns to look tight enough. Cold twists are very much easier to keep true than hot twists because obviously the piece is at a uniform temperature (cold) and so deforms at a uniform rate.

Very nice twist! Thank you for the video!

Many Thanks! Great Video.

Well done and thanks for sharing.

Great video, thank you. I'll be trying this with some half inch as I have a log drying rack to make. I've always bent steel cold and have usually (!) had good results

Thanks :)

Ralph is beautiful. And your job too.

Much help for the handrail I'm fabricating! The tube trick, to be specific. Thank -you! Deep Roots Forge

good video..lots of knowledge and skill..very interesting..thank you..Bill

Really enjoyed that

thanks for the great vid

cold twisting cool

Nice job!

Awesome! I'm gonna try this tomorrow! Tho i might use some heat as well, just because I have it. But the idea was brilliant with the pipe and handle. I was gonna use an old wrench I welded a second handle on, this seems a lot easier. I will probably weld the bending tool instead. What measurements does the squarebar have? 15x15 or 10x10mm? Thanks!

I need to learn how to make the tool you used to actualy twist the metal with.

Cheers to the new video. I picked up some old ball peen hammer heads recently and have practiced turning them into boarding axes. I am having trouble with cracks along the face though, if my heat is good am I just working it to fast or is there something else I am missing. Thank you for sharing your skills and your time

Nice one, do you have any on a hot twist. Any ideo on how to do it with a bronze bar? Thanx in advance.

Excelente!

What kind of steel is this and where would you find it? I know this will seem a very silly question but this video sort of got me interested in trying this.

What type tube or pipe are you using ? What is the I.D. of the tube ? How close should it fit ?

What material are you using steel, iron? I have 3/8 hot rolled steel and I don't think I could bend it cold.

Wow

Looked really lice. Thanks tor the tips.

Could you possibly make a video doing this with 12 gage wire ?

Perfecto

Ur fly is open. Death to the imperial measurements, metric4lyfe x

Can you do a reverse twist using that method?

Can this be done with stainless using the same technique??

Good good good. How did you do it in 1:13?

You kind of sound like Ricky Gervais!

Is it possible to do this with a piece of steel tubing without it crumpling in in itself?

Description......3/8" square bar..... no mention of type of material? Sorry for my stupid questions!

Looks great! What material???

what is "cast barrel", you mean "pipe or tubing"?

Is it possible to twist 1" square bar?

can u do the same with brass coppe r

This is not I want to watch