[Rob]

Hi Kim,

We typically have used a tubing bender in the past that has a die for the size of tube being bent and the desired radius. You can usually find these at local shops, even automotive shops (although they might not have dies for 1" tube).

If you are feeling adventurous you can get a conduit bender from the hardware store and do it by hand.

Due to the fact that we lost much of our round tube bending capabilities between last season and this one, we have had to be a bit more experimental this year. We used a conduit bender on round tube for out prototype, and could have done this for our final parts taking alot of time and caution to get it right. We ended up rolling square tube through a sheet metal roller to get the desired radius, but that only works for very large diameters (Like 40" or so...)

Good luck,

RAZ