Personally witnessing the growth and maturing of the tube bending industry for the last five decades has been a great privilege, and as one of the remaining warhorses of this industry, I am in a position to take a long look back at this peculiar fraternity that we belong to. It doesn't seem all that long ago that to prove articulated ball mandrels could prevent thin-wall tubes from collapsing, I loaded a small rotary draw bender into a car trunk and set out across the western U.S. to demonstrate it.
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