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Ted Nesbitt
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Northern Ireland
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Posted 9 Jul 2022 2:44 am |
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| Can anyone tell me the proper name of the tool for making an off-set bend on a pull rod? And where I can buy one? If I know the proper tool description I would probably get one from Amazon. Thanks in advance. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2022 3:39 am
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Not sure what the builders use but a wire bender from Deluth trading at $6.95 should do. Bends wire up to 3/16 thickness.
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
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Posted 9 Jul 2022 8:14 am
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 9 Jul 2022 9:28 am
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 9 Jul 2022 9:55 am
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https://www.micromark.com/Vise-Mounted-Wire-Bender
Here's a neat little simple tool if you have a bench vice. Somebody else posted this here a few years ago. Only good up to 1/8 in. dia. according to their info though.
They also have an assortment of other benders.
It's also pretty easy to design and build your own simple vice mount tools for bending light wire with a few pieces of steel and some bolts. |
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Patrick Timmins
From:
Seattle
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Ted Nesbitt
From:
Northern Ireland
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 12:36 am Name of Tool
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| Thanks guys for the information. I think I will go for the one suggested by Jerry .... if its available in UK. |
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 3:53 am
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Micromark is two towns away from me in NJ, they make all kinds hobby tools, if any one is inmodel railroading, they have lots of helpful tools available.
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 4:08 am
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| Question for Dale Rottacker -- do you have these and have you used them? I'm intrigued by their simplicity for occasional one-off rods but I'm not confident in how well they might work on 7/64" or even 1/8" rod. Unless you do use them and say it works well for you. |
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Dale Rottacker
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Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 5:16 am
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| Question for Dale Rottacker -- do you have these and have you used them? I'm intrigued by their simplicity for occasional one-off rods but I'm not confident in how well they might work on 7/64" or even 1/8" rod. Unless you do use them and say it works well for you. |
I do Jon... actually a couple of them. One has the Delron Jaws and I didn't find it as useful as the one with the Metal Jaws. Mitchell Smithy was the one who told me about them, when I re-rodded my first Prestige. They take a bit of getting used to and it helps if you're not dyslexic, but they make bending those stiffer rods fairly easy. It takes very little to overshoot how much though, so be gentle.
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 6:54 am
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| Thanks Dale! |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Jul 2022 7:03 am
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Really cool tool. But, it will only go up to a 3/32" (.096") rod. If your guitar has rods larger than 3/32", it won't work.
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