This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

Nice. Pleasing shape.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

On 2009-07-11, JR North wrote:
Nice. Pleasing shape.

Thanks. Red hot iron, for some reason, bends extremely gracefully,
compared to everything else that I have ever bent. I do not really
comprehend why that is so.

i

JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:49:36 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

On 2009-07-11, JR North wrote:
Nice. Pleasing shape.

Thanks. Red hot iron, for some reason, bends extremely gracefully,
compared to everything else that I have ever bent. I do not really
comprehend why that is so.

i

It does look nice. Maybe the difference between viscous flow and
yield point exceeded? Anyway, it worked.

Pete Keillor

JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

Very nicely done, Ig. I hope the screw affixing the knob is
shop-made with lathe-cut threads? G

Knice knurls. Doncha loveit when they turn out so nice?

Ignoramus3171 wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

You are getting good use out of your forge. Using a 8pt easily dealt with the likely
square shaft. I like it!

Wes

Ignoramus3171 wrote:
On 2009-07-11, JR North wrote:
Nice. Pleasing shape.

Thanks. Red hot iron, for some reason, bends extremely gracefully,
compared to everything else that I have ever bent. I do not really
comprehend why that is so.

I learned that if I let butter warm up to room temperature, I can spread
it on bread easier.

Maybe iron wrenches are like butter?

Where can I get iron wrenches? I only have steel ones, and they do not
bend nicely when red hot.

On 2009-07-12, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus3171 wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

You are getting good use out of your forge. Using a 8pt easily dealt with the likely
square shaft. I like it!

This forge, as it turns out, is a godsend. Very convenient.

i

On 2009-07-12, Cydrome Leader wrote:
Ignoramus3171 wrote:
On 2009-07-11, JR North wrote:
Nice. Pleasing shape.

Thanks. Red hot iron, for some reason, bends extremely gracefully,
compared to everything else that I have ever bent. I do not really
comprehend why that is so.

I learned that if I let butter warm up to room temperature, I can spread
it on bread easier.

Maybe iron wrenches are like butter?

Jokes aside, butter is a good example.

You cannot bend butter as nicely as you can bend hot iron, no matter if
the butter is cold or warm, it will not bend nicely.

You can try this right in your apartment.

i

On Jul 11, 5:36*pm, Ignoramus3171
wrote:
This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/

Very nice to have an "I made it myself" tool that you will use often.
Congratulations.

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one. The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a 1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...-Crank-Handle/


Very NICELY done!! Bravo!

Gunner

"Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in
liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support
to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that
would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked
passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us
today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement,
reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit
the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam"

Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal State Fresno

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table
on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one.
The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a
1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing
shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I
bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.


http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...able-Crank-Han
dle/


Very NICELY done!! Bravo!

Gunner

So tell us how you mounted the knurled knob shaft to the
wrench.....
threads? press fit? silver solder? curious minds want to
know.....
phil

On 2009-07-19, Phil Kangas wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original table
on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better one.
The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a
1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing
shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table. I
bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.


http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...able-Crank-Han
dle/


Very NICELY done!! Bravo!

Gunner... Thanks a lot... I value your opinion on this sort of stuff.


So tell us how you mounted the knurled knob shaft to the
wrench.....
threads? press fit? silver solder? curious minds want to
know.....
phil

I drilled and tapped the hole, however I tapped it only partially, so
the bolt locked up when its tip reached the bottom of the hole. It is
very tight now, it could be removed with a screwdriver with quite a
bit of effort, but it will not budge from merely using the knob on the
handle.

i

"Ignoramus17055" wrote in message
On 2009-07-19, Phil Kangas wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500, Ignoramus3171
wrote:

This is a handle for my rotary table. The original
table
on it is very
small and inconvenient and I always wanted a better
one.
The knurled
knob on the handle rotates freely. It is made out of a
1/2" Armstrong
wrench, which I had to bend to provide a more pleasing
shape and
clearance to clear various obstructions on the table.
I
bent this
wrench red hot, which accounts for nice curvature.



http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc...Table-Crank-Ha
n
dle/


Very NICELY done!! Bravo!

Gunner... Thanks a lot... I value your opinion on this
sort of stuff.


So tell us how you mounted the knurled knob shaft to the
wrench.....
threads? press fit? silver solder? curious minds want to
know.....
phil

I drilled and tapped the hole, however I tapped it only
partially, so
the bolt locked up when its tip reached the bottom of the
hole. It is
very tight now, it could be removed with a screwdriver
with quite a
bit of effort, but it will not budge from merely using the
knob on the
handle.

i
Fit, Form, Function, eih? Good enough..........;))