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J Nail

Posted 2/16/2007 2:26 PM (#239286)
Subject: bending big wire

Posts: 162

Location: Bemidji, MN

what are you guys using to bend wire bigger than .051? I have the Hagens bender but that is the max it will handle. I did see one modified to bend bigger stuff once, but I can't for the life of me remmeber how the guy did it.

Brad

Posted 2/16/2007 3:18 PM (#239309 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 169

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Brad

Posted 2/16/2007 3:18 PM (#239310 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 169

Right now I bend my .062" with a needle nose vise grip and a linemans pliers.

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muskymeyer

Posted 2/16/2007 3:31 PM (#239317 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 691

Location: nationwide

For both .051 and .062 wire I use large round nosed pliers and fingers, but I don't make very many lures.

Corey Meyer

BALDY

Posted 2/16/2007 3:41 PM (#239322 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 2378

I had a bender custom made my some machinist buddies of mine. Basically, just a Boggs/Hagens beefed up to handle the bigger stuff.

Though with wire bigger than .051", you are still going to have to do a fair amount by hand. The results are almost better that way anyway

muskynightmare

Posted 2/17/2007 12:42 AM (#239450 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: Re: bending big wire

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

I still use my craftsman looping pliers for bending S.S. Bicycle spokes to rebuild Through-wire topwaters, such as Topper-stoppers.

Griz619

Posted 2/17/2007 12:54 AM (#239452 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 71

My brother and my dad made a bender that will handle the light bucktail stuff to the .078 wire for my giant cranks. Nobody would be able to tell what it is mounted on some scrap 4x4.

Pete

muskynightmare

Posted 2/18/2007 12:09 AM (#239649 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: Re: bending big wire

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

anyone willing to bring a SS bike spoke to The Sportsman's Show next weekend, i will bend them a loop, and show them how.

J Nail

Posted 2/19/2007 12:43 PM (#240016 - in reply to #239649)
Subject: Re: bending big wire

Posts: 162

Location: Bemidji, MN

What guage spokes are you using? 14 or 15? I ask cuz I work at a bike shop, so I know where to find a few spokes.

Glaucus

Posted 2/19/2007 10:33 PM (#240188 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 21

I use a custom made bender, works up to 0.092" wire. It has 4 different holes so it can be adjusted for various wire diameters.

There’s instructions on building your own wire bending jig here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~bazillion/tooling.html

muskynightmare

Posted 2/20/2007 8:41 AM (#240240 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: Re: bending big wire

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

i do not know what gauge spokes I use. I just take the old shaft to the bike shop with a micrometer, and match up what I need.

Bayboo_baits

Posted 2/21/2007 11:12 PM (#240735 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: RE: bending big wire

Posts: 129

Location: Milwaukee Wi

I seen a guy use a nail in a vise with vise grips before but rob has a great idea!!!!!!

muskynightmare

Posted 2/21/2007 11:47 PM (#240739 - in reply to #239286)
Subject: Re: bending big wire

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

I still have the grip of a lonely teenage boy, lol

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