The Bends ...... Bending shower curtain track.

So just how do you do it with out it collapsing?
First I borrowed a Harbor Freight bender from a friend of mine to see if I could do it.
Then I had to make a jig to work with the bender. Lastly, test on some scrap ( old piece).
 The Jig build.

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With me so far? The half inch ply was a perfect fit. But if not I would have glued spacers in if needed.

On the bender.

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Ok, so what is the secret ingredient? I actually found it on an Chinese industrial website for industrial benders. Dead simple when you know.
It is a spacer/filler. Made from a piece of scrap plastic/Delrin.

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Insert it in the track. It MUST be a tight fit.

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Now bend it.

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First test on scrap. Then buy some track. I got mine here: http://www.curtain-tracks.com/  My problem was I had to match my current track. If you don't have to do this, then you may want to go a different route.

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More bending.

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Finished piece.

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I hope this helps anyone who needs to bend some track. It's not hard and can be done fairly inexpensively. If you have friend with a bender. I should say that of course this is not the only way to do it. It's just the way I did it.