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Tow Hook Bick ???


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I got this tow hook last weekend and figured if nothing else it should be decent metal (I don’t make knives ) .

But the more I looked at it I thought , welded to 3/4” square stock or even bolted to 1.5” oak and clamped to a bench, it might make a usable Bick for making bottle openers.

Of course it would need a little reshaping.

 

Opinions ?!?!

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Oh YEAH, clean it up on the grinder first, at least get rid of the die parting line. Maybe refine the shape to your liking and it'll not only make a nice bic, it'll make a dandy dishing die. I see lots of interesting possibilities in that baby and it'd be fun interrogating it to find out how many and what. 

I like it, think I'll keep my eyes open for one.

Frosty The Lucky.

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What’s the tinsel strength of cast iron?

Honestly, I’m curious. I picked this up because of the tremendous stress a tow hook has to endure.

So I assumed  nothing but a Forged part could withstand the stresses of being pulled & yanked by very large vehicles.

 

Is that wrong?

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No, a tow hook wouldn't be cast iron and casting it in steel would be expensive. It's probably a closed die forging. Tensile strength wouldn't be much of a factor, hooks have to resist bending, not stretch. The forces on a hook tend to try to straighten it so it has to be tough, think medium carbon steel, in the 1040 - 1060 range. New ones are probably 4140 or close, that's a hard alloy to top in high stress conditions.

Frosty The Lucky.

 

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