Author: Tina L.


Recently, a customer was looking for assistance with some steel bar curved in a spiral.  This customer had a repeat job in their shop which they had been making on their own for quite some time.  However, an evaluation of Read more…


It’s Christmas time!  Lights are being strung from the roof tops of homes and businesses all around the country. It’s a beautiful sight.  In Kansas City we have a lighting ceremony at the historic Country Club Plaza, a shopping district Read more…


Square and rectangular tube bending, though a common practice, is wrought with many challenges.  The hollow structure of a tube makes it more likely to fall victim to distortion problems such as growth, shrinkage, concavity, and oil canning.  And bending Read more…


Although on a smaller scale than the devastation caused by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma, in Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4, 2007, a tornado destroyed the Big Well Museum and Gift Shop as well as the nearby water tower.  No Read more…


Chicago Metal Rolled Products, Curving Steel Since 1908…really?  1908?  The company may have been around since 1908, but what we do at Chicago Metal is an age old art,  a natural evolution of steel bending from the days in which Read more…

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