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Post straightening machine.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...477#post107538
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2568#post96619
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...994#post100439
Sweet! I’d love to get a look at the dies inside. Is this a homemade tool?
I've pretzeled my share of those Once as a teen I was dragging a pair of 14 ft grain drills side by side on a spreader bar. Got too close to a fence we had only recently put up and ripped down about 300 feet before I noticed it. My grandpa was not impressed and neither was I when I had to straighten the T post and restring the 5 strand by myself.
Another good Aussie invention...
poststraightener.com.au
They come to you, $2.50 per post (new up to $5-7)
Read the site, very inspiring! Cheers
Jim
Wow great! Home built? If you built from scratch how about some drawings. I've got about 2 miles of t-posts that seem to always need a little tlc from time to time. Looks really fast.
Mate, I did not build it, just recognised the Ute, trailer and his boots as Aussie, then looked up his site. Read his site FAQ and you'll understand further, cheers.
Jim
Brilliant and nicely thought out business plan!!
Patent application for a post straightener, from Tractor Supply: https://patentimages.storage.googlea...60290004A1.pdf
Interesting, it looks like an old tie-rod adjusting tool and probably where they got the idea from. Had both types with a handle and square drive for a ratchet. This will still need some type of vice to hold the post for eyeballing straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Thanks Jon!
PJ
This is often an interesting question. Homemade tools sometimes follow a trajectory via which they end up as mainstream tools. My guess is that this one started out as homemade, then turned semi-pro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioman
Straightening rebar. Assumedly rebar recovered from reinforced concrete?
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looks like a really good way to make used re bar reusable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
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I've seen a lot of scaffolding poles thrown away because they were bent. that machine could actually pay for itself
Must be a lot of people running those things over to need to build a machine to straighten them!
Those poles most generally get pretty bent up when the scaffolding's are removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by NortonDommi
care is taken to erect the things 10 20 30 stories high tieing them to the building going up but when finished the teasr down is not so gentle. a construction site may have close to 50 tons or more of poles and they are often times rented from a scaffold supplier. sometimes the supplier wets them up maintains and removes them but this is an additional fee not many construction companies are willing to pay. They elect instead to pay a huge deposit and damage fee up front then write it off and let the scaffold rental company deal with the carnage
That one going through the machine looks like it has been driven in the ground as a marker. I know someone with a scaffolding company and I'll have to ask him if this would be allowed with our OSH laws! Plus we use all Galvanised or Aluminium 3" pipe here and that stuff only looks about 2" so I thought they might be used as fencing.
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Spoiler Alert
T-Post Straightener
Another possibility is to clone a wire straightener, just bigger wheels and bearings.