[Jewelry making - Article 01295] - [Orchid] How do you bend silver tubing?

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Hi Everyone!

    This is my second time posting on Ganoksin and I'm so pleased; what
    a fantastic resource, powered by such a diverse community. So, I
    frequently design my pieces with bails made of curved tubing
    (anywhere from 1/2 inch long to 2 1/2 inches long), but thus far
    have not found a very good way of bending the tubing into an arch
    without denting or collapsing it. I have been told that you can use
    springs, but I have yet to find springs made for this (the hardware
    store's springs are too big). I have also tried pulling the tubing
    through a drawplate at an incline, and ended up with a curve but very
    marred and dented tubing. Any ideas or suggested directions would be
    immensely helpful. 

Thank you! Nisa
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