15 min to cut, 2 min to weld, steel cost 15 cents/lb. I don't make $120/
hour, $35 cost * 17 min, so it was worth it for me to make it. Yes, the
pipe bends with pliers, with effort, against the thinner dimension. The
teeth are almost twice as wide as the thickness, plus there are 8 of
them that all have to bend at once, plus I put a larger piece of pipe
over the outside and welded it to the teeth, so the welds have to shear
and the teeth bend, which is going to take WAY over a measley 95 ft/lbs.
Plus I enjoy making things.
TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>
> You are of course making the assumption that your time is worth nothing
> and your welder will weld the thing up for less than the cost of buying a
> tool and that the end pieces left can sustain 95 pounds torque without
> distorting (You just bent every other one out with a pair of pliers).
-- Jim Hall 1966 88" Elephant Chaser http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
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