Sean Cashman Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Not a huge bend but after spending the last month building some volume with 7 x 1/4" steel and Red nails I hit this today. 7" x 5/16" 304 SS (fastenal) in imp's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3wREUjq1Q Also if anyone knows how to embed the video directly onto the post please let me know. For some reason I seem like I can only post links to the video. Cheers! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Scibelli Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Nice job Sean you killed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Livesey Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Very nice. Is that Fastenal stainless? Either way that brand, is oddly tough. That's the stainless that made me strong. The stainless that I always bent. I actually have 12 feet of the round and 12 feet of the hex ready to cut. You smoked that bar. You're getting much stronger much faster this time around. Whatever you're doing keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Nice job Sean you killed that! Cheers Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Very nice. Is that Fastenal stainless? Either way that brand, is oddly tough. That's the stainless that made me strong. The stainless that I always bent. I actually have 12 feet of the round and 12 feet of the hex ready to cut. You smoked that bar. You're getting much stronger much faster this time around. Whatever you're doing keep it up. Thanks EJ. Yes the SS is from Fastenal. I used this stock a lot back when I was bending regularly. It surprised me how easy I took it down. I've just been bending once per week lately, hitting 6-7 bends total in a session but keeping my rest to a minimum. A minimum being the time it takes to rewrap a bar. I've also been doing some good stuff in the gym 3 times a week to improve my all over strength. That's helping the most. Edited May 28, 2014 by Sean Cashman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJames87 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Man that was awsome. keep it coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Sean...I just copied and pasted and it embedded just fine. No idea why it didn't work for you. You can always monkey with the "preview post" function and possibly adjust things before posting. Nice bend BTW. As I've said before...you are a supremely efficient bender. P.S. Did you use the "link" function? It's unnecessary and can actually prevent an embed. (just paste the link and it should show) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJames87 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Damn that looked too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Sean I use the [ media ] url [ /media ] to imbed my videos and have had no problems - minus the spaces between the brackets and the word media Edited May 28, 2014 by Lucasraymond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Lucas is this the same stuff you sent me? Awesome job Sean. Beast mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Thanks Nate. I just copied and pasted straight in from youtube without using the link function. And thanks for the kind words. With my strength levels I need to be efficient or the steel isn't moving! Lucas, I'll try the media in brackets and see if it works. Cheers for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Nice bend!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes king crusher this is the same 304 SS bar that I sent but mine is not from Fastenal...idk what Sean thinks as far at rating but JT Straussner and Robert Miller thought low 500's for the bars that I had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes king crusher this is the same 304 SS bar that I sent but mine is not from Fastenal...idk what Sean thinks as far at rating but JT Straussner and Robert Miller thought low 500's for the bars that I had! The SS I have from fastenal is no where near 500. It's much easier. I'm not great with guessing poundages because bends can feel easy one day and hard the next. But it's much easier than 500lb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Lucas and Sean, how do each of yours compare to a red nail? Might be a good baseline to see if they are different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Cashman Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Lucas and Sean, how do each of yours compare to a red nail? Might be a good baseline to see if they are different.The Red is a warmup bend for this stainless. There is an entire world from Low 400's to 500's when it comes to 7" stock. Basically my reds are easy compared to the SS. Edited May 30, 2014 by Sean Cashman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 SS is much harder than the red nail, especially the sweep and crush (mostly)...the first time I bent the stainless I could not get it past 2.25" but have since bent one down to 1.75" using the single hand crush (one that Sean uses) versus the interlocking crush at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ Livesey Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 The 303L is the stuff guessed to be in the low 500s. It's hardened SS and Fastenal doesn't carry it often, it's a specific order. This stuff I'd say is 450-475, as Sean said one day it's easy and the next it's hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim71 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I had some 304 calibrated once and it hit 465. Crush was tougher than the numbers showed though. I've got some 304 right now that's probably right at that if I were guessing. Seems like stainless has gotten much more expensive in the past several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 If anyone needs 7" x 5/16" I can get it fairly easily at cost...if anyone is interested in some I may be able to get u 15-20 bars...PM me if interested and I'll see what I can get and the cost of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 What is everyone getting is per foot? I can get 5/16" HRS also if anyone is looking to work up to the red nail! Also cut to any length for both of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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