4shorts
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Working away at a project for the feds on one of there FRC's.
One of the officers says to me, "What are you going to use for pins"? I tell him I'll make them out of some 1/8th stainless welding rods so he stays around and watches me make them.
He really enjoyed watching it so I thought there might be a few guys out there that might not have seen it done this way so I snapped a few pics to show you. I've done this with square stock, round stock..... solid and hollow. Here's how to do it.
- Take a welding rod.
- Remove all the coating off of it.
- Clean the rod up on a wire wheel.
- Put a 90 degree bend about one inch up on the rod.
- Take a socket. You pick the size. The larger the socket the larger the bend.
- Now place the socket in the vice with the bent part of the rod pinched between the socket and the vice jaw.
- With your hand bend the rod around the socket a few complete turns.
- Cut off the one inch piece sticking up and you got yourself a custom made pin.
If your doing multiple pins it's nice to have them look the same so start and stop in the same position and they'll look so cool. I have a shop full of benders but this method I've used for years. Please excuse the condition of my vice. It gets abused on a daily basis. :laughing:
One of the officers says to me, "What are you going to use for pins"? I tell him I'll make them out of some 1/8th stainless welding rods so he stays around and watches me make them.
He really enjoyed watching it so I thought there might be a few guys out there that might not have seen it done this way so I snapped a few pics to show you. I've done this with square stock, round stock..... solid and hollow. Here's how to do it.
- Take a welding rod.
- Remove all the coating off of it.
- Clean the rod up on a wire wheel.
- Put a 90 degree bend about one inch up on the rod.
- Take a socket. You pick the size. The larger the socket the larger the bend.
- Now place the socket in the vice with the bent part of the rod pinched between the socket and the vice jaw.
- With your hand bend the rod around the socket a few complete turns.
- Cut off the one inch piece sticking up and you got yourself a custom made pin.
If your doing multiple pins it's nice to have them look the same so start and stop in the same position and they'll look so cool. I have a shop full of benders but this method I've used for years. Please excuse the condition of my vice. It gets abused on a daily basis. :laughing:
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