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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Lorace on August 30, 2015, 10:45:00 pm
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I'm making my first whirligig. have it all cut out, painted and ever sprayed it. but going nuts on trying to bend the
rod. I did not get a kit. and is there a easy way to do it? I'm making the mule that kicks the shoer... or who ever the man is.
Thanks Lorace... thinking I might order one from Cherrytree, and just hope it works.
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Depending upon what you are using for the rod and if you have a vise handy will depend on how easy the rod will be to bend. You actually do not need a vise, you could use a couple of pair of channellock pliers ( these lock on to the thing you apply them to and then you have something to work against). Personally if you are using a brass rod it should be soft enough to do the bending with channel locks.
DW
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LIke DW said the rod should be easy to bend if no vice then you could use the end of a table (do not let wife see this) or a stair step most anything that has a 90 degree. If is too hard to bend hit it with a hammer on the top end and it should conform to the angle you are bending it on.
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Thank you for the advice, going to work on it this afternoon, I picked up a rod today I hope will work.
P.s. funny what I can get away with.... and hubby is not allowed to do... lol
Lorace