So I've finally been making progress on my workshop in my garage and have gotten back to working on my toolbox.
I tried starting with fewer tools, which did not work well, so now I have a DRDT-2 and a pneumatic squeezer and a number of other things. The box isn't pretty, but lessons were well learned.
I think I've got deburring and riveting down!
One thing I'm not sure I learned from and stumped me and could keep stumping me going forward:
The handle is made form a pin to be bent. I did it, but am not happy with the result. I found it very difficult to get it to match the template on paper, in terms of both the bend radius and the symmetry of it (getting the last bend to give me equal length on both sides).
What is the best set of skills/tools to get this done right? I tried heating the metal a bit with a heat gun, but not sure that helped ... should I have used a torch? Howe do I ensure the bend radius is correct? How do I ensure symmetry on both sides?
I know how pipes (fuel lines for example) are bent, with the special tool ... should I have a similar tool for this task?
My main problem may have been a missing vise, though I did clamp it down OK ... When I tried to bend it, it was way too difficult to bend it with the required radius by hand ...
End result is actually not too bad, the band radius is not what 's on the template, but it'll work fine ... the bigger problem was that the one side is slightly longer than the other ... and once bent I'm not sure I can easily correct it ...
Thoughts?
I tried starting with fewer tools, which did not work well, so now I have a DRDT-2 and a pneumatic squeezer and a number of other things. The box isn't pretty, but lessons were well learned.
I think I've got deburring and riveting down!
One thing I'm not sure I learned from and stumped me and could keep stumping me going forward:
The handle is made form a pin to be bent. I did it, but am not happy with the result. I found it very difficult to get it to match the template on paper, in terms of both the bend radius and the symmetry of it (getting the last bend to give me equal length on both sides).
What is the best set of skills/tools to get this done right? I tried heating the metal a bit with a heat gun, but not sure that helped ... should I have used a torch? Howe do I ensure the bend radius is correct? How do I ensure symmetry on both sides?
I know how pipes (fuel lines for example) are bent, with the special tool ... should I have a similar tool for this task?
My main problem may have been a missing vise, though I did clamp it down OK ... When I tried to bend it, it was way too difficult to bend it with the required radius by hand ...
End result is actually not too bad, the band radius is not what 's on the template, but it'll work fine ... the bigger problem was that the one side is slightly longer than the other ... and once bent I'm not sure I can easily correct it ...
Thoughts?