Leatherman uses 420HC on there blades , maybe something else for the can openers 440
If you hit with a hammer, it'll just snap off. You'll have to heat it up with a torch first. Good luck!Or like Mechy says, get Pablo to do it!
Quote from: Fuzzbucket on February 06, 2018, 07:03:02 PMIf you hit with a hammer, it'll just snap off. You'll have to heat it up with a torch first. Good luck!Or like Mechy says, get Pablo to do it!Doesn't heating steel make it "un-steel"? AFAIK heating up a hardened and processed steel makes interferes with the molecular structure and softens it.
Whatever metal/tempering Leatherman uses, the metal tends to snap, not bend. I've seen a lot more broken implements than severely bent ones on Leatherman tools. So, yes, heating would be crucial.
It's a horribly distinctive sound when they ping off too... (gulp)...
Hi there,I'm making a custom MT and for this project I need to bend a LM can opener tool.I just want to bend it sideways, by about 10°, and the bend distributed over the entire length of the tool. A very easy bend.
Quote from: Rebelgium on February 06, 2018, 04:41:15 PMHi there,I'm making a custom MT and for this project I need to bend a LM can opener tool.I just want to bend it sideways, by about 10°, and the bend distributed over the entire length of the tool. A very easy bend. Which size/type LM can opener, Wingman, Wave, Surge, OHT, other?Bend to which side, left or right?
Quote from: Fuzzbucket on February 06, 2018, 08:53:35 PMIt's a horribly distinctive sound when they ping off too... (gulp)...I broke the file on a Wingman TWICE, and the phillips on a Micra. I know the 'ping' all too well.
Quote from: zoidberg on February 07, 2018, 10:37:07 AMQuote from: Rebelgium on February 06, 2018, 04:41:15 PMHi there,I'm making a custom MT and for this project I need to bend a LM can opener tool.I just want to bend it sideways, by about 10°, and the bend distributed over the entire length of the tool. A very easy bend. Which size/type LM can opener, Wingman, Wave, Surge, OHT, other?Bend to which side, left or right?Wave size. I'll bend it to the left (looking from the top of the tool)
Quote from: Rebelgium on February 07, 2018, 11:08:17 AMQuote from: zoidberg on February 07, 2018, 10:37:07 AMQuote from: Rebelgium on February 06, 2018, 04:41:15 PMHi there,I'm making a custom MT and for this project I need to bend a LM can opener tool.I just want to bend it sideways, by about 10°, and the bend distributed over the entire length of the tool. A very easy bend. Which size/type LM can opener, Wingman, Wave, Surge, OHT, other?Bend to which side, left or right?Wave size. I'll bend it to the left (looking from the top of the tool)Okay, no promises but if I can find a couple spares and some free time at work next week I'll do some testing.
Quote from: zoidberg on February 07, 2018, 11:12:25 AMQuote from: Rebelgium on February 07, 2018, 11:08:17 AMQuote from: zoidberg on February 07, 2018, 10:37:07 AMQuote from: Rebelgium on February 06, 2018, 04:41:15 PMHi there,I'm making a custom MT and for this project I need to bend a LM can opener tool.I just want to bend it sideways, by about 10°, and the bend distributed over the entire length of the tool. A very easy bend. Which size/type LM can opener, Wingman, Wave, Surge, OHT, other?Bend to which side, left or right?Wave size. I'll bend it to the left (looking from the top of the tool)Okay, no promises but if I can find a couple spares and some free time at work next week I'll do some testing.That would be great! Very interested in the results.I'd do some testing too but I have no spares, it's a one shot deal.
Maybe a sketch is in order so we can get some idea of how far you're trying to bend it. And what you're trying to fit it into.
Btw, off topic...Re"belgium"?There are others??!
Quote from: Mechanickal on February 08, 2018, 12:35:48 PMBtw, off topic...Re"belgium"?There are others??! There are more of us out there than you'd think, but most of us are "the quite type" ... Show contenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPOBxxPspc
Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on February 08, 2018, 01:38:24 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on February 08, 2018, 12:35:48 PMBtw, off topic...Re"belgium"?There are others??! There are more of us out there than you'd think, but most of us are "the quite type" ... Show contenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPOBxxPspc Quite?I don't think your spelling was quite right there! And if you want me to stop posting, all you've got to do is ask
Usualy with LCD watches, when the battery is so far gone that the light doesn't work, the writing usualy goes nearly invisible during the time of the lighting.
...I know a guy who's willing to let his MINT mechanical SAK go for 150 including the Victorinox sign hovering above it (attached at the back of the SAK with see through plastic) which is usualy missing....
...Usualy I try not to charge anything for people who were in real need (like the older woman who can't do it herself) but they always want to give me something....
...But usualy because I regret what I typed......
Carrying the Spirit again.Usual carry in the weekends.Naturaly in my Skinth
... Mine is actualy navy blue, but for the Skinth it's a great colour.Fits with lots of other colours and doesn't make me look like a mall ninja
Why do people never point that out to me?I can't evolve forwards if everyone is like "I'm to polite to say anything about his foul spelling"
Quote from: Mechanickal on February 08, 2018, 08:31:05 PMWhy do people never point that out to me?I can't evolve forwards if everyone is like "I'm to polite to say anything about his foul spelling" There are no grammar n*zis here mate, as long as we get what's being said, it's all right .