la bala Posted September 7, 2018 Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 I found a couple of bits today which i made many years ago. I used to use them when ornamental ironwork was in fashion, candlesticks and stuff like that. The one in the picture was made for cage/basket making. The chuck capacity is 12mm which will cold twist easily. Today I twisted a simple barley twist. 4 lengths of 6mm round bar weld at the end, stick it in the jig and twist. When cage/basket making, its a slightly different operation. 4 lengths 6mm square bar welded at ends, When you twist bar it shortens, the tailstock on the machine slides along the beam with it. At this stage you just have what looks like a twisted bar. I then lock the tailstock where it is and turn the chuck the opposite way, as the chuck is threaded it forces the bar to untwist and a cage/basket is formed. The other machine is purely for twisting and will twist lengths about 1200mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 7, 2018 Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 yup................i like that...the simplicity and the outcome........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 .Very tidy little job . Love these hand formers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted September 8, 2018 Report Share Posted September 8, 2018 Fantastic, never ceases to amaze me the ingenuity of human beings, great skills LB. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 ditchman, I am always open to advice on tooling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 there you go............told you so....................we have to lock him up again now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Let him have his Meccanno set though. Joking apart ...always wondered how they did those 'cages'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 So simple and effective 👏👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 strange a post has been deleted !!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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