If you like the principle, apply it on the basis of the drawing offered. If you need a simple and convenient jig for quick wire bending, have a look at the following drawing. On the Internet you can find a number of examples of this kind of wire bender, so if you dislike this design, you can find a similar one and make a combination of our plan and the wire bender from the image you have found. In a similar way, by changing the parts dimensions you can make a wire bender for smaller wire diameters. This is a very simple wire bender whose dimensions correspond to bending steel bars for reinforcing concrete. In a sense, working with it is like working with round nosed pliers. This is a very useful tool for electricians and people involved in the making of wire jewelry. In the next picture you can see a drawing which can help you make a small tool to quickly bend thin wire with. If you do not have the equipment necessary to make the block part, you can find a suitable cone pulley and adjust the structure to its dimensions. The arm can't be rotated around the block. The principle of bending is similar to the one of bending formers, and the difference is that there is a plate with a stepped stop-block attached to the top of the bending block (Base part).
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In the next picture you can see how to make a bending block that is fixed in a vise. This is a very simple method for bending wire, and in the following picture you can see a few examples. Various parts can serve as bending formers such as: off-cuts from steel pipes, cone pulleys, pulleys, scrap wood pieces. The principle is very simple: in the workshop, find an object or part of the same size and shape that you want to obtain after bending, fix that part in a clamp and bend wire around it. The ends are bent in opposite directions.Ĭustomer Skip Ralls built the beautiful staircase railing pictured above, using the Metalcraft Scroll Bender MK3/4.By using a bending former you can very easily bend a piece of wire into the desired shape.