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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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![]() "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..........;)) |
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