You said it, Curt.Plan B? Phah! Who needs a plan B?, Yep if it don't work the first time rework or remake it till it does. May have a pile of scrap, but scrap is usable sooner or later. LOL
Sometimes have to start all over to get it right ..............Curt
Even though this bender was plainly not the right tool for the job, I got there in the end and learned it's limitations along the way.
And to be fair, the bender's instruction leaflet did say practice forming a few bends on scrap tube first. Unfortunately I had no scrap stock of 1" aluminium tube to hand, so my 'learning curve' ate into my frame stock. Should have bought sufficient extra tube anyway, rather than just enough for the 3 x frame tubes I needed. Another of life's lessons learned...