Mike Wingate
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Has anyone made a cranked spanner for a router? I want it for table use. I use a box/tube spanner for straight bits, but struggle with wide bits.
Mike Wingate":3895zi0h said:Has anyone made a cranked spanner for a router? I want it for table use. I use a box/tube spanner for straight bits, but struggle with wide bits.
Mike Wingate":t2jqlbxu said:I won a Mercedes-Benz chrome-vanadium, forged black spanner on ebay for £0.99p. Put it in the vice, pointed the oxy-acetylene torch on it, bent it by gloved hand, Repositioned it in the vice and repeated for the second bend. Excellent.
Mike Wingate":1u1cce75 said:Turn it into a turbo-butane by blowing air through a tube, concentrating the flame. Do your first bend as near to the head as possible. You will have to reposition the spanner in the vice as the vice will act as a heat sink and draw the heat away from the spanner.
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