Bent stanchion?

dgadee said:
Interested in induction heating. My old lathe bed was induction hardened I seem to remember. What would you use that tool for? Heating and then carbonizing?
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The fact that its called an induction heating means that the item being heated must be magnetic

The bed of your lathe is most likely cast iron which is magnetic.

Induction hobs require a special magnetic pan to work
 
MontyMariner said:
The problem is finding one to match, especially on old boats.
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I did that before - replacing all old with new. Then a friend did a lift out for me and thought I wanted the mast down. Stanchion bent in the process. He never said a word ...
 
rogerthebodger said:
The fact that its called an induction heating means that the item being heated must be magnetic

The bed of your lathe is most likely cast iron which is magnetic.

Induction hobs require a special magnetic pan to work
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Ah, yes. When we moved house I had to buy new pots and pans. And it was a cast iron bed - a Colchester Bantam.
 
rogerthebodger said:
The fact that its called an induction heating means that the item being heated must be magnetic

The bed of your lathe is most likely cast iron which is magnetic.

Induction hobs require a special magnetic pan to work
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That’s interesting I didn’t know that….. I thought induction was when you took an acquaintance to meet your friend
 
Does your neighbour know that you nicked his gate hinges to make that?;)
The rod with the eye could have been bent over a bit of steel & hardly needed an induction heater. You could have at least made the 2 "U"s the same size & welded on an eye in the end to match the existing one, after you passed it through the hinge.
 
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Daydream believer said:
Does your neighbour know that you nicked his gate hinges to make that?;)
The rod with the eye could have been bent over a bit of steel & hardly needed an induction heater. You could have at least made the 2 "U"s the same size & welded on an eye in the end to match the existing one, after you passed it through the hinge.
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One side is to loop a few feet of electric cable and be padlocked.....the other is for a loop of rope so it can be gathered easily in one go as you come along side and then put on the midship cleat.
It was made of scrap iron....with a threaded base inside the channel of the dock.
It could have been bent cold....the padlock loop would have be been harder. But the object of power tools is to remove manual labor
 
I would have made it using one of these, but a heavier duty version (this is the only video I could find quickly) that bend up to 5/8" rod. Like the video, it was made from scrap, but much heavier (1/2" plate etc.). Mostly it has been used to bend #3-#5 rebar, which it does in about 2 seconds per bend. No need for heat for mild steel. Works on strip too.

(My grown daughter is into Halloween decorations.)

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My way of repairing bent SS stanchions is to cut the bend out and weld in a new section

I have also inserted a hardwood dowel inside to resist bending and kinking
 
Poignard said:
It's easy enough to bend things but very difficult to straighten them so that they look as they were before.

I wouldn't waste time on it, if I could buy another.
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Local friend's wife backed their VW camper into something. Bent the bike rack quite badly.
Bit of careful work with the hydraulic jack in the frame and you can not see the difference. OK, 25mm ally, but same rules. About 15 mins work.
 
You can bend stainless 316 tube by hand as long as you have a vice or similar fulcrum....getting it perfect isn’t really possible...but only you would know
 
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