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tension rench material??

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tension rench material??

Postby Durfoo » 29 Jan 2007 16:37

Well i know everyone uses street sweeper bristles, but i have no idea how to get ahold of them and was wondering what other material i could use to make one.
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Postby Anero » 29 Jan 2007 16:45

the steel used to stiffer windshield wiper blades found on alot of cars it comes in 2 thicknesses they make good wrenches.

i use wiperblades and save the rare bristles for picks :)
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Postby Durfoo » 29 Jan 2007 16:48

thanks for the info, never thought about those.
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Postby Deathadder » 29 Jan 2007 23:25

its "wrench" :wink:
It's ok guys, i have a really bad attention sp-wow look, a beach!
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Postby Iceberg_Slim » 30 Jan 2007 0:00

dude omg dude that guys sig is freaking scary i dont understand it
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Postby hurri » 30 Jan 2007 9:40

Iceberg_Slim wrote:dude omg dude that guys sig is freaking scary i dont understand it


Des gustibus non disputandum.
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Postby illusion » 30 Jan 2007 10:19

Woah... That's a pretty unique sig you have there. :P

Well bristles come off of those nifty little cleaning machines that you've probably seen driving around your area. The bristles that they use to sweep the roads are made of metal (Well if you're lucky at any rate) and routinely snap off when they brush against the curb. Stalk one of these machines and follow its route. If you are lucky some might fall off as you follow; if they don't then check back in a few days.

Alternatives include:

*Bent nails, flattened at the end
*Bicycle spokes bent to a 90 degree bend, and with the end flattened
*Allen keys that have been ground down (expensive though)
*Wiper blade inserts as suggested by Anero - the best material and it makes great wrenches IMHO
*The metal clips from some pens will work with a measure of success
*Paper-clips... They work to an extent, but there are far better materials
*Kitchen forks - Yeah, they do work...
*Safety pins - SFGOON mentioned using them as feather touch wrenches
*Pretty much any piece of fairly stiff material that has a 90 degree bend in it, and is small enough not to impede the picking procedure

Hope this helps. :)
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Postby georgeclooney » 2 Feb 2007 15:37

i have experimented with several materials but i always revert back to the sprung steel banding that is used to bind things to pallets etc it is easy to fashion into a tension tool the only thing it wont stand is being bent to 90 degrees so you put two bends at 45 degees it cuts easy with a sharp pair of tin snips
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