Rudder Tube Bending

After some small bit of trepidation, I determined to do something I have little experience with; tube bending. I started by making a 1-to-1 scale model in SketchUp (imported the Sandlin plan drawing, B4T1, then scaled it) and printing it out on multiple sheets. Masking tape held the sheets in place to act as a bending guide. Next, two scraps of wood, drywall screwed to the sacrificial table surface, acted as the bender:

Trial and error...

The top half of the rudder trailing edge tube.

Now, more printouts for the bottom part of the rudder trailing edge tube and repeat the process. Finally, I'll be joining the two somewhere in the vertical section.