On 7/10/2012 11:39 PM, Bill wrote:
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But it occurred to me that if I can just get both ends to be pointing in
the right directions, then I could made a further very small bend behind
the stud so that the end on the ceiling lies just where is it needs to.
In a nutshell, I can "fine tune the offset" this way.

Thanks again for guiding me to put the ceiling end in the right place!
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It's those "small corrections" that tend to be the hardest--once you've
got a set of bends in a piece, then it becomes very difficult to change
much--it's much different working on a pretzel (particularly not
in-plane) than working from one end towards the other where your always
going towards the unfinished work...

But, there's nothing says you can't try it--maybe it'll come out first
go--who knows????

No problem--it just seemed like you were overlooking the fact that you
had to clear the material besides just the width...

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