Making a good tension wrench?

[Alchemic_Revolt]

whoops forgot to paste [url]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCNE6fHTjhU [/url]

[adamd]

I knocked one up from part of a DVD chassis with a dremel (the bends in the metal were pre formed):

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk23 ... C00001.jpg



freakparade3 edit: changed img to link

[adamd]

OPPS sorry about the size i forgot to resize image

[Kaotik]

I knocked one up

I don't mean to pick on you (no pun intended), but I just had to laugh at that.

[adamd]

Kaotic: Dual meaning over here in the UK

[Dooms_day]

windsheild wiper inserts are the best choice, just bend them 90 degrees and grind off a side untill yuo can fit it in the lock!

[Auswahl]

get one of these http://www.lockpicks.com/browseproducts/U-BEND-IT-Assorted-Tension-Wrench-Set.HTML

Wait...it can be reshaped? Multiple times? Genius!

Anyway, I have 4 awesome tension wrenches that my dad helped me make.

All you do is take a couple of brazing rods (used for welding, no clue how or where he got them though). You must have something that produces a hot flame (Welders torch is pro, even a creme brulee torch could work, i suspect). Put the flame on it until it gets red and bendable, and bend it at a 90 degree angle where you want it.

To make these wrenches even more pro, do this again except twist it at the bend to make a twist-flex wrench (a little behind on my terms ). Voilà, perfect wrenches that last, basically forever.