no heat necessary, just grab the ends, put the bend against a solid surface and bend'er back [if necessary, use pieces of pipe on the ends for more leverage] - once straighter you can put it on the concrete floor and rap it to perfection with yer BFH

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot