Scott NC

Such as it is. A bunch of bricks without a frame even to hold it together but it works for my needs for the time being. My old one fell apart before I moved. I am winging it right now..... Not very economical, the heat loss is astronomical. I used a cutting torch to try on that wrench.

I found the photo (proof) and now I have to have my sister photoshop my face out of it. I'm shy.....

It's amusing how these things happen out of the clear blue sky. A couple of days ago I went to the farm store for some special rawhide chews for our dog and something happened right in front of a bunch of people that made me turn beet red, I am sure. I couldn't get out of there fast enough..... Half an hour later I forgot all about it. I can't share the details here. Not because I'm embarrassed or anything, just the nature of the incident. I will say it involved rawhide chews....

The tiny wrench didn't work out too well. I will just forge/fabricate out the big ones and bend a bunch various size small ones like this, I don't have all day..... I don't know if it looks melted over, tired or just bent out of shape..... I'll try some bent sideways too. Thanks for all the help and advise.

It's no wonder, they are all great. I like the one on the left best though.

Kinda hard to do with the more major blunders and fiascos, but you gotta turn that frown upside down....

Thanks, good to know. I looked over that whole series of books and found a few I am going to order. Of course, I'd like a complete set, but you know..... Thar's cadmium and lead in that there dark chocolate...

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.