[Viking]

Originally Posted by charles Tauber

It won't. It'll considerably reduce the spring back, but won't entirely eliminate it. You then have the choice of bending it by hand over a hot pipe, or similar, to the exact shape or just using a bit of force to bring the ends into the required shape during assembly. The basic shape of the waist, however, needs to be pretty close.

That's where the outside mold becomes useful, right?