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Re: Bent rods fix?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-05-16 10:25

I spin bent steels in my bench motor and use a piece of wood with a hole in it to straighten them, but with pinned steels you have to be extra careful as the steels can break where the pinning holes are drilled through if you bend them in that area.

This isn't a problem on rod screws with no pinning holes and some slight bends can be removed when you're papering them up whilst mounted in your bench chuck - just put a slight bend in them while you're running the abrasive paper along them when they're spinning.

For straightening or removing any bends in hollow key barrels to make them rotate without binding, fit the steel in the key barrel and tap the barrel at the point where the bend is with a wooden hammer handle. You have to locate the exact point to tap it by using your thumb while rotating the key barrel between your thumb and fingers whilst sliding the rod screw or pinned steel up and down inside the key barrel.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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