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Ah but Jacob, if you caught one of them would you be releasing it as part of "Natures rich cycle"

Worst thing is if I get stuff from the US they always put it in another box over here, and often 4-5 times the size of the box it was sent in. Often watch parts or watches, packed by the seller in something maybe 4" cube, then repacked by the courier here in something a foot cube. Crazy

I suggest you join up at [email protected] Loads of helpful folk there and someone may have the bits you need.

I have a similar set up, however the motor is considerably bigger than the OP wants.

7/8 bars, would love to know how someone bent them. Not doing woodwork I suspect :)

£200+ new I think so well worth having a go at a repair. But I wouldn't bother trying to straighten them, quicker and easier to just make new ones. I would be willing to bet the rods are a standard diameter, and I wouldn't have thought a local machine shop is going to charge much to machine a...

I have sourced some bits by going on e bay's French site, if you can manage the language issue. This was pre Brexit so any commercial concern might now be reluctant to send to the UK. I have bought plenty of stuff from private sellers since with no problems. The beauty of these machines is that...

A lot of 19th century pocket watches came in Nickel Silver cases. One manufacturer in the US called this "Silveroid" and proudly proclaim " Guaranteed genuine imitation silver" engraved into the case !

Whilst I generally agree with the point you are making, there really is no call to be so tetchy/sarcastic.

Can't disagree with you in the strictest sense, however locally heating it to a dull red to bend it then allowing it to cool naturally is not going to make it hard enough to have any bearing on what the OP is using it for I would have thought. Depends how tight a radius bend is needed. The OP...

Whatever happens to the bricks if you do this you will end up with a nasty gouge on the inside of the bend, not a clean curve, which I assume is what you want.

Yes, a bench cleat type set up is exactly what I am advocating, subject to what the OP has available to him. 8mm will bend like liquorice if you get it to a dull red, easy enough with a blow torch.

Phil is right. I have these for bending small copper and cupro nickel pipes for brake and hydraulic lines. They are nothing like strong enough for bending steel bar, which is what the OP is trying to do. I have a big hydraulic bender for that, but still use the method I have described for a...

You can bend SS in exactly the same way, but it is much tougher so you will need heat to get any sort of reasonable radius. You want a narrow flame so you are just heating up the area you actually want to take the bend. Don't quench it, just let it cool naturally afterwards. You will also need...

Bearing in mind that is designed for bending soft copper tube I very much doubt it will work with a solid steel bar.

If you know anyone with a metal working lathe then probably cheaper to just make new ones. The bar will probably cost less than £5. That is assuming there is no damage to the casting from whatever hooligan bent them in the first place.

8mm mild will bend relatively easily cold holding one end in a vice, and is quite strong enough. You will only need heat of you want a very tight radius bend. In that case you will need to bend it around something. You could put two short pieces of 8mm in the vice, a short distance apart. Then...

I had a drum type, never found it all that great, either for extraction or noise. Now have the top bag type, forget the make but £100 second hand on e bay, similar style to below. It takes up a lot more room for sure, but much better extraction and pretty quiet, certainly can't compete with the...

I use cotton bedsheets over anything with bare metal, seems to work a treat. I think it's important that any cover is breathable, once put a cover made out of a tarpaulin type material over our smoker barbecue, it rusted big time. Under a cotton sheet, spotless. The only light rust I have had...

Standard bi hex sockets also work with square nuts