Scott NC

Mmmm...mmmm.... Good!

Mayby Fields metal would be a good compromise. It can be melted in hot water.

I haven't been fishing in several decades. We used to have an airboat way back in the day and mostly went river fishing for cats. We also ran bank lines. A lot of tall fishing tales from those days. My one of my best friends is an active, avid angler and he sends me photo's quite often. He doesn't even slow down in the winter, he goes on the ice. Actually, he makes and sells ice rods and tackle, does quite well at it. He throws a fish fry a couple of times a year. I miss them. I will say, the biggest fish I ever caught was a 50 lb Wahoo and have a photo of me holding it up somewhere on a chip. I will look for it.

Tonight!

Don't blame this on me. My post was relvent. But since YOU de-railed it heres one I like. Buck Owens is a favorite and I like Dwight.

Reminds me of Whiskey River.

In rust we trust Jerry.

I'm not used to selling things I make, let alone working the price of new tools into it. My dad was salesman/businessman, he could probably sell even you something you didn't want, but I lack that gene or trait. My whole family has it but not me.... I will try it though, can I give him your phone number so you can explain I'm not crazy, as in induction heater, porta power (we used those to compress railcar draft gears, and I have a story about that) and sundry items? As far as streching wrenches goes I think I will start small and work my way up.....

Latticino, those are all nice, I think the one I like best is third from the left. Of course I like the twist on the second.... If another challenge comes around I'm going to do something other than just modify a tool....

I just got this in the mail from a friend. It's got what looks like a slag hole burned in it. There's some interesting acetylene generator information in it as well as "cutting" cast iron. It also claims cast iron is the easiest for beginners to learn to weld on.

Ejection seat, eh? Good idea.... Sounds kind of 007 ish. Good thing the top is only canvas.

I admire your problem solving skills.... I don't doubt you could find a solution for any halfbaked scheme I come up with. . Unfortunately, nobodys buying me any tools in the near future and induction heating is out of my wheelhouse, for now. I was going to try using a pair of plate lifting clamps I have, but they have teeth that would mark the work, and a chain I would have to cut, ruining them. I like your cam clamps and may make a pair for "experimentation purposes". Thanks for the sketch. Now I'm having visions of stretched, melting pipe wrenches, sagging claw hammers, warped cresent wrenches, etc....

Yeah, that stretching idea is pretty much kaput. I am still confident I can get a melted look just not what I originally had in mind. "drippy" would be great and I have some ideas for that as well.... BTW that's not negative, just realistic. And I am always having fun! Well... usually.

Unfortunately not that I know of and I have sworn off casting or I would try something along that line myself because it would be easier to achieve the look. I'll just forge one out carefully like you suggested and see what I can come up with. And fabricate if that goes bust. Last resort, a combination of both. I might try to stretch out a really small wrench (not discounting all the good advise here at all, just to satisfy my curiosity). Even if it comes out all screwy, I could tie it in a knot and set it on the bookshelf....

Your not missing much, it didn't taste very well.

Do you know what the material capacity of it was? Did you get to see a test? Great opportunity.

Thank you both, this is why I asked. I like the swage idea David but there are several different wrench sizes he wants. I thought this would be relatively easy..... He will have to be satisfied with forged or fabricated. I still want to find a way to make the wrench ends look like they are melting. There is no deadline so I will experiment.

I only mentioned the roll bar because of that 300 ft drop off. 70+ is a pretty good clip.

Those type are nice. They hold weight. I got a couple hd ones from a pizza hut once. Didn't take long to fill them up.....

Some good ideas and thoughts. NoGoodWithUsernames, that's kind of what my idea was only I was going to string a comalong between two trees and use clamps. Carefully. Aric, I may have a talk with him about making them forged or fabricated, I have faith in my skills. It is a wall hanger with melted tools and pieces of melted tools dripping down the wall of his shop. He's a retired mechanic. If he likes it he said something more to stand outside his shop door..... Thanks Glenn, if I go the stretchy route, now. Jeff, I like thinking outside the box and file that away for future use. Thanks John, I'll see what he says. Now that I think about it the wrench ends might look funny as is, intact. Maybe those could be "drooped" if gotten hot enough. I really need to talk to him. Thanks for ideas.

That's a good idea that I always forget. I figure it will thin out but wonder if it will keep it's shape. I don't want it to look like a round bar with 2 wrench ends. Thanks, I must buy some clay. It is not for actual use as a tool. I have someone that wants a sculpture with no hammer marks or visible welds, grinding, etc. It's all supossed to look "melted". Think similar to Dali's melted clocks. Sorry, I wasn't very clear.

I have a project in mind that would require stretching the middle part of some OLD wrenches leaving the jaws intact and no hammer marks. I will be doing other sizes and materials as well if it works. In the case of the one in the photo I'd like to make it 2' or longer. If it was evenly heated, say with a rosebud, and pulled on by the business ends, would this even work? I've never heard of it before. Most are medium carbon steel from what I can tell. Some of it will be mild steel. I'll try it in any case, but was wondering... I wonder if it would destroy the cross section. It is 1/4" thick x 1" wide.

I'm looking into a SodaStream actually. I drink a lot of water. Until then I checked out craft sodas at the store today and was amazed a bit by the variety. One caught my eye though (probably not a "craft" soda since it uses a 1939 formula) and I couldn't resist.... Give my opener a workout with that 4 pack.....

That is a cool opener, it looks truly well aged and ancient. It has a "ghostly" look about it to me, maybe a bit of the spirit of the Viking that owned it in there..... 8-) I'll take some mustard foam please....

Shaina, I'm looking into this... I usually drink water or Pepsi so I did a little research on artisanal soda and there's a lot of interesting flavors and combinations of flavors so I'm going to give them a try. I'll see tomorrow if I can find some local. I ran across Bazooka Bubble Gum flavored soda on the internet, but I think I'll pass on that one.