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2:53 pm
March 22, 2010
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My Dad ask me some time ago to make him some bending wrenches... I figured what better time than fathers day right? So I made these for him yesterday... They are a lot bigger than they look in the photo.. handles on the big ones are about 30" long and they where forged from 1 5/8" 4140 round bar (the small one I did from 1" with an upset at the end for the jaws) Anyway, I guess I am going to have to make myself some now, these are better than anything I got :cloud9:
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Abraham Lincoln
4:07 pm
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September 25, 2010
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Wow, Larry, those are really nice. How much for one like the small one but with 3/8" and 1/4" size jaws? 😀
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Tim
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Mark Twain
4:24 pm
December 12, 2010
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How did you get the nice tight angles for the jaws on your bending wrenches? What tools did you use?
8:10 pm
May 14, 2010
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Nice work Larry! 🙂
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3:08 pm
March 22, 2010
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Dave;10803 wrote: How did you get the nice tight angles for the jaws on your bending wrenches? What tools did you use?
No real trick here... Just a file and time... After getting the opening nice and square I went back to the forge and using a oversized square mandrel I cleaned up and set the jaws...
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3:12 pm
March 22, 2010
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lordcaradoc;10802 wrote: Wow, Larry, those are really nice. How much for one like the small one but with 3/8" and 1/4" size jaws? 😀
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Tim
Boy Tim the only way I think it would work out is if I made half a dozen or so... Ive got maybe 4 hours in these three but a big part of that is because they where made from 1 5/8 round bar so there was lots of material to move and it takes a long time in the forge..
The little guy if made from 1" again might take an hour to do one but I bet I could do 6 in maybe 2 or 2 1/2... They still wouldn't be cheap though, $50? If I was only making one It would have to be closer to $100 which in my opinion is more than its worth but regardless any less and it would be killing me..
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Abraham Lincoln
3:41 pm
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September 25, 2010
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That's cool, I think bending wrenches like those will be dead useful, I just don't have any right now as I get set up again. If you start making them in any quantity, I'll definitely be interested. 😀
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Tim
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Mark Twain
7:32 pm
September 18, 2010
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Here is my first attempt at making a 1/2" bending wrench using the Mark Aspery method
2:34 pm
March 22, 2010
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September 18, 2010
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all I had was mild steel 1/4 x 1" Mark recommends case hardening it I have to get to the metal store this week some time. Was more concerned trying it and going through the process with some scrap before doing it in good metal.
9:11 pm
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June 17, 2010
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Very nice, Larry. Did you do any kind of heat treatment to them?
10:36 am
August 30, 2010
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Larry, now that you have that profile burner up and running,why don't you cut a batch from plate.I cut mine from leaf spring and just welded handles on.
2:59 pm
March 22, 2010
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David Edgar;11151 wrote: Larry, now that you have that profile burner up and running,why don't you cut a batch from plate.I cut mine from leaf spring and just welded handles on.
Its funny you should say that... I just came up with the same idea yesterday while I was playing with the burn table... I have a friend who has a pile of grader blade... I thought about burning out a pile of big wrenches and see how it went...
Leaf spring might kind of work, the big thing is finding good material to cut them out of that doesn't cost a mint
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7:25 pm
August 16, 2010
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Larry L;11153 wrote: Its funny you should say that... I just came up with the same idea yesterday while I was playing with the burn table... I have a friend who has a pile of grader blade... I thought about burning out a pile of big wrenches and see how it went...
Leaf spring might kind of work, the big thing is finding good material to cut them out of that doesn't cost a mint
Leaf springs work great, profile them out, leaving a tang on to fit a tube, forge the tang down and set it in an appropriate sized tube, weld on and dress
Pictured are some I use, the welded round bar one I usually use adjacent to the vise jaws for bending right angles, it pivots more evenly than the tapered jaw ones.
The other one is specifically used in a jig for turning special curtain rings, the round insert bars came from the centre of car boot gas filled lifters, and they work great, just drilled a close fitting hole for the rods, chamfer and weld the rods in, Had to cut the bars to length with a slitting wheel in a grinder.
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