Making Tight Bends with Heavy Gage Wire

[rgsparber]

I was inspired by the wire bending tool from "DIY Useful Ideas". His tool makes the bending of thick wire almost effortless. Due to the forces involved, the pins used to bend the wire have to be rather large in diameter. That also sets the radius of the bend. I thought it would be fun to figure out how to reduce this radius without reducing the diameter of the wire. A working model is presented but I invite readers to suggest refinements before I commit to the finished design.

If you are interested, please see

https://rick.sparber.org/WireBender.pdf

Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick