On 27/07/2010 19:53, The Medway Handyman wrote:
If I bend a piece of 1" x 1/8" ms flat into an 'L' shape, how do I make it
stay that shape& not bend back when a load is applied?

Would I heat it to 'red', bend it, then quench it in water/oil? Or bend it
cold, heat it, quench it?

Thinking about this, heating and quenching would do nothing to mild
steel, as it doesn't have enough carbon content. Case hardening would
make it brittle.

Dave