Bending Operation — Study Resources & PYQs
Practical bending operation in smithy work.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Virtual Labs (Govt. of India) - Smithy / Hand Forging (Article) — Government Virtual Labs lesson defining bending alongside upsetting, drawing down, setting down, cutting and swaging, with striking tools and all tong types. Best single page for this operation and t…
- ICAR e-Courses - Lesson 5: Smithy and Forging Operations (Article) — Indian government e-course notes with the forging temperature vs heat-colour table for steel plus a detailed bending procedure.
- Go Practicals - Smithy Shop: Introduction, Tools & Precautions (Article) — Practical-file format page on the smithy shop: hearth, anvil, swage block, tongs, hammers and safety precautions. Copy the tool list straight into your record.
- Our E-Labs - Common Forging and Smithy Operations (Article) — Indian lab-manual blog describing bending as a procedure, including where on the anvil (horn, edge or bick) the bend is made.
- Black Smithy Workshop: Full Details (YouTube) (Video) — Indian engineering workshop video covering forging, cutting, hammering, smoothing and bending in one go. Good visual revision before the practical exam.
- UPTTI - Black Smithy Shop Lecture Notes (PDF) (PDF) — Concise institute lecture PDF listing all twelve forging operations, including bending, with short definitions. Useful as a one-page revision sheet.
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