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awemawson:
I decided that the way forwards was to use my hydraulic 'body kit' bought decades ago at a car boot sale for £10. It's got me out of lots of trouble over the years :clap:

So first the leg. Measurement showed that it was actually only 1/2" out of plumb. Looked much more. I put chalk marks against each front leg so I could see how much I'd moved things, then set up a jury rig of cribbing timber and the hydraulic jack

awemawson:
Now when jacking out things like this they always will tend to relax back in the reverse direction, so you 'over jack' - but how much over? Well my plan was to spread the legs by 1" then whilst it was spread try and straighten the flange that would tend to reduce the spring back.

I'd hoped a second Carver clamp on the bend against a heavy bar would do the job

awemawson:
Absolutely no chance! So I brought in the heavy artillery - the floating vice :bugeye:

awemawson:
Remember this is 1/8" plate so no knocking it back with a planishing hammer and dolly !

I don't think it went too badly really

awemawson:
So the proof of the pudding is in the eating - how far has the leg moved, has the other leg moved, and does the bent one look upright:

Well certainly the right hand leg is where it started, the left hand one is the intended 1/2" further left, and the flange is straight(ish) - does it look upright - well yes I think it does - there's a bit of a belly in the side plate that I may knock out with a sledge hammer when the noise is a bit more socially acceptable but I'm reasonably happy with the result so far

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