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Clockwork top tube dent advice needed!

Thread starter JustLikeClockwork
Start date Apr 18, 2025

shepp

Senior Retro Guru

Apr 18, 2025

#11

Imlach said:
Can't imagine a dent in a steel tube wouldn't in some way, however marginally, affect its structural integrity. But I certainly believe that rolling it out would do more harm than good.

Not necessarily, deformed surfaces can create strength, like the indentations in flat steel (car floors etc.), that’s how it was explained to me

Last edited: May 5, 2025

highlandsflyer

Retro Wizard

May 5, 2025

#12

JustLikeClockwork

Orange 🍊 Fan

May 5, 2025

#13

highlandsflyer said:

He’s like Bob Ross, but with a brazing torch!
I’m totally chilled out now

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