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Put wrench in vise.
Heat wrench cherry red with torch.
Bend wrench to desired shape.
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Pirate said:
Put wrench in vise.
Heat wrench cherry red with torch.
Bend wrench to desired shape.
This. Not hard.
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if it is one of the wrenches you got with the router you can bend them cold
They are not what you would call tool steel....
Joe
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I bought one for my big PC router, and find I don't use it. I can raise the router up high enough that I can get the normal flat wrenches on it.
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Does woodcraft/Woodriver not make the size you need?
Personally, I would cut the wrench into three pieces and weld it back together. Router collets should not be so tight the weld would be in danger of being to weak.
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JGrout said:
if it is one of the wrenches you got with the router you can bend them cold
They are not what you would call tool steel....
Joe
This. I bent mine with a hammer in a metal vise. Took all of 2 minutes.
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It's also pretty easy to grind a slightly smaller wrench to the correct size. I didn't like the flimsy one that came with my router.
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Pirate said:
Put wrench in vise.
Heat wrench cherry red with torch.
Bend wrench to desired shape.
Tried this and it snapped...must not have been hot enough.
roger901