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40casey,

I clamped it in a bench vise, heated it quickly to cherry red with oxy-acetylene torch exactly where I wanted the bend, and bent it. When I bent it, I slipped a piece of 3/4 conduit over the end to be bent so it wouldn't bend in an arc. It ended up perfect.

Dave Evans
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