Home Made Wire Twister/bender

[ROWINGADUBAY]

I was wondering if anyone was think about building a wire bender like a bog or the one hagens sells.

There really isn't much to them

I was also thinking if you bought the adapters for the thicker wire the job of making one would be alot easier and much cheaper than buying one

Any Idea

Thanks George

[kelly]

I think you might be surprised how much time you might put into one building it your self. But in this hobby I my self has spent long hours making something that was "to hard to build". So if I was going to build one I would use mild steel for most of it then the where points I would use a peace of file. But you need to educate you self on annealing, hardening and tempering. Those three things you need to work with the file or you can hurt you self with a flying splinter of steel trust me they are not fun to dig out. I could see you making one with two bolts, rolled pins, file, any thick steel and some flat stock. I wish you luck and post your progress I will help you where I can as well as any one else on the forum.

[Chetco]

I was wondering if anyone was think about building a wire bender like a bog or the one hagens sells.

There really isn't much to them

I was also thinking if you bought the adapters for the thicker wire the job of making one would be alot easier and much cheaper than buying one

Any Idea

Thanks George

I have a Boogs and to build one the same would take a lot of time and 5-10 times the money.

Geat tool my Boogs if I were to buld lots of long spinner's I would look at the Hagen it's got a longer reach.My Boogs has made 7-8 hundred personal spinners .032 and still works fine.

[tacklecrafter]

I purchased an old boyd pfieffer TACKLECRAFTER book off ebay and it has a homemade one in it. He used nails and an old 2 x 4. I myself use a worth hand held. If your gonna produce a lot of spinners. I'd get the worth hand held I think It cost about $10. I may have an extra worth. I can check later if I do. I'll let you know.

Edited February 1, 2010 by tacklecrafter

[StrykerLures]

If anyone has made a Wire Bender can you upload a Picture? Even if it's just 2 nails.

[hazmail]

There is a few ideas here. Pete

http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/14333-question-wire-former/page__hl__wire%20bender__fromsearch__1

[Reckless]

If anyone has made a Wire Bender can you upload a Picture? Even if it's just 2 nails.

Here are a few pics I just took of my very simple wire former. Like you said, just 2 nails in a board. I was very careful to space them just right. I use .051 wire for musky baits.

I pounded just the tip of the large (16 p) nail in just to make an impression and I pulled it out. Then I placed the small nail in right next to it pounded it in just slightly higher than the thickness of my wire. Then I up the large nail back into the impression and pounded it in so it was about a 1/4 above the board. I used a bolt cutter to clip the nails to 1 inch before I pounded them in. I used 3/4 inch furniture grade plywood but you could use anything that you have as scraps. The pictures demonstrate how to bend the wire and make your barrel wrap.

Good Luck!

[Mcleod]

I have a similar setup to that which Reckless uses. Cheap and gets the job done. My only difference's are

1. I dont use vise grips as the ones I have leave a nic on the loop which I dont like.

2. I modified an electrical panel key with my dremel to assist with mechanical advantage and ease the burdon on my fingers. They are hollow and fit nicely over the centre nail which the loop if formed from.

Eventually I might invest in a hagens or similar but for the moment a screw and nail does the job well and saves the back pocket.

Angus