The Ultimate Buckingbar

[Merle]

Checkout this buckingbar it works great... www.buckingbar.net

[N62XS]

At $120 plus shipping, it should hold itself in place!

I love toys, but not that one!

[bsacks05]

I riveted most all my #3 rivets with a steel bucking bar that had the same dimensions as the "ultimate bucking bar". It is definately my favorite for its size and because I could use any face, but $120? Tungsten alloy? Not for me.

[zilik]

Originally Posted by bsacks05

I riveted most all my #3 rivets with a steel bucking bar that had the same dimensions as the "ultimate bucking bar". It is definately my favorite for its size and because I could use any face, but $120? Tungsten alloy? Not for me.

I aggree that the 120 bucks is steep for a bucking bar. A friend of mine had a simular tugnsten bar and I can say that it was the best bar I had ever bucked with. I have always wanted one, they are great. I just might buy one.

Gary

[RV505]

I have a couple aqnd they are sweeet

[TShort]

I have a tungsten bar that I bought from another builder - it is almost exactly that shape.
I love it. I have been able to easily buck all the tank and LE rivets solo, as well as the LE to spar rivets. I do not think it would be nearly as easy without that bar. I would be very reluctant to give it up - knowing what I know now, I would probably pay that much for it (I paid 100$ for 3 fragments of tungsten).

Thomas

[mburch]

For what it's worth, there is one similar to this on eBay right now that's currently got a bid price of $117.50.

Sounds like a cool tool but that's a lot of money for a chunk of metal, even if it is tungsten. I wonder how many lightbulb filaments I'd have to melt down to make my own?

mcb

[mlw450802]

Originally Posted by mburch

Sounds like a cool tool but that's a lot of money for a chunk of metal, even if it is tungsten. I wonder how many lightbulb filaments I'd have to melt down to make my own?

mcb

Even if you could get a 6200 degF oven.
Maybe you could just pack a bunch of them in a mold and pour molten nickel over them. Way easier melting temperature to obtain(2650 degF).
All joking aside, tungsten would be a nice dense bar to have.
Rhenium would be even better but also very expensive.

[John Courte]

Step 1: Go to Industrial Metal Supply
Step 2: Get a length of tungsten bar stock.
Step 3: Cut to length and shape.
Step 4: Round edges to make hand-friendly.
Step 5: Profit.

Maybe I'm oversimplifying it a bit, but that seems the logical way to do it. I would guess you could probably get hold of at least that much scrap for less than $120.

Dan C had something similar when he came out to help me close out my HS. Different shape, but same idea. Dense, heavy metal wedge with rounded edges and smooth surfaces.

Can you cut tungsten with a cheap Chinese plasma cutter?

I don't mean to bag on the product, it looks awesome, but the price is a killer.

[rlo1]

Don't they use depleted uranium bucking bars in the sheet metal shops of the major airlines?? This is what I have been told. It is even denser than tungsten. I know it works good as a radioactive source shield and wepons projectile due to its denisity. - Ron