How to Bend Mild Steel?

RVJimD said:
Lot of good ideas, I knew you guys would have some, didn't expect any this quick! Thanks!

I wondered about heating it up. Dull red and let it cool slow, or do I need to work it while it is hot? I don't have a good understanding of metal properties. Slow cool is tempered and makes it workable? Quick quench in non flammable oil is hardening? (We don't have to go into all that, probably beyond the requirements for the project).
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Chances are you are working with mild steel, not high carbon, and don't have to worry about hardening.

Just heat it and bend it while it's hot.
 
You beat me to it, Eremius, mild steel won't harden, doesn't need annealed. Must be red hot to bend easily,
 
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