I'm overwhelmed with all your support, insight, and eagerness to share knowledge! Thanks for all your tidbits, I'm sorry for not addressing you all personally but I got something from each one of your posts. I have built a tillering mechanism out on my shed, in regards to what Eric Krewson was saying, hopefully that will help me achieve more even, symmetrical bends the next time around. I will also be picking up a scale from wal-mart as Johnston suggested. To everyone else, I cannot wait to create another one, thanks so much for the encouragement!