How to Straighten Bent Steel - The Redneck Engineering Method
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2023
- Today I'm showing a crude method of straightening bent steel. I will also talk about a safer, more precise method as well. But in the video I'll show how using a readily available things to make some decently bent steel into a relatively straight, usable piece of steel.
Hopefully this might give you some ideas that might help you on a similar project. As always, I hope you enjoy and let me know if you have any questions!
-Joe
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6:25 excellent job on straightening that angle iron. I didn't see anything unsafe at all about that method.
Thank you! And as for the safer mention, that’s probably just my subconscious forcing me to say that to appease the safety police that inevitably come out any time I do something that isn’t maybe the norm😂. What I more so should have emphasized is that it is more controllable and accurate.
You didn't have the essential redneck engineering tool with you, a beer. 🍺
Or the “Arizona safety shoes” aka flip flops” 😂. Next time😉
1/4 inch angle iron is such a structural wonder, and definitely worthwhile to rehabilitate! Your ad hoc use of targeted brute force is exemplary. It's reminiscent of a similar method for breaking the tire bead off a wheel.
Yes, this steel has been a major windfall for my projects. I almost want to make a dedicated bending device to true up piece like this without having to use this method all the times
Always a delight to watch your videos.
Thank you very much😊
Thanks boss. Worked a treat and saved me a tonne of hassle trying to bend it with a press. 6mm angle steel.
It may be crude, but it gets the job done. 👍
Yes indeed!
It works! Small ideas can help a lot, with a variety of things! Thanks for sharing!
Great timing. Thursday I was looking at a similar size piece of angle with a bend in it. I will be trying out your method for sure.
Yes, it can certainly add a bit of extra interest in the piece if you could make a corrective bend relatively easily.
This will help me, probably, thankyou.
A great quote from Dick, so long ago!
Thanks for the video.
Yes it is! His ‘alone in the wilderness’ documentary is my all time favorite movie/documentary!
HA! Wise man once said “Good enough for rural work” 🤣 Ryobi needs to make something to straighten bent steel!! Looking forward to the buck enclosure build! 😉
He was a wise man for sure! As for Ryobi making a steel straightener…mostly likely not. But maybe me making one using some Ryobi tools…. More likely😉
Great method, and impeccably explained! 👏👏
Thank you Johnny🙏😊
Joe, you sure make it look easy out here, Man. Sheesh! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Thank you for checking it out🙏😊
Nice job ! , Alone in the Wilderness was a great read and wonderful show on PBS 👍
Thank you! And yes, alone in the wilderness is probably my all time favorite. There are even a part II and another couple dvds where Bob Swerer and his son visit Dick when he was still living at the cabin in his 70’s or 80’s. I also read the book as well. Love it!
Thank you for sharing your expertise
I appreciate you watching🙏😊
Works for me, thanks 👍😁
God bless the Red Neck, the backbone of our nation!
Yes! Sadly so many want to malign the working class that do the grunt work. But when the power is out, car breaks down, stuffs on fire, etc….. they are usually very keen to call on us rednecks😂
Yankee Ingenuity is not working class it is America’s values born of freedom and ability to fail.
Tough necks and rough necks as well
Es de mucha ayuda este video, gracias!!!
Great job use what you have
Thank you!
I used to break tires down by putting a 2 x 8 x 8 on the edge of a tire at the rim. It worked very well.
Sometimes you just have to be creative! Good job!
Yes…and Thank you!
A Blind Man would be HAPPY to SEE THAT!!!
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Great idea 💡 for sure
Thank you!
15secs in, I already like it. 😂
My kinda of working.
but it works and you can still be safe.
Great job
Thanks for another great one "Real World" skills video, Joe! In a recent AvE video, he says something along the lines of, "Why buy it new when I can make that for you half as pretty for twice the price!" Made me think about my recent shop towel holder brackets and this project of yours. We put some effort into saving a few bucks don't we! Still, it almost always feels better to make & reuse things ourselves! All the best, Andrew Thiessen
Yes, yes and even more yes! That was spot on with the cost and effort of how we do things sometimes. So that’s why you gotta factor in ‘satisfaction’ as that intangible as to why we do some of the things we do!
@@homesteadonomics As the song goes, "if it makes you happy..."
Well done
Thank you!
Ha ha ha ha ha! I love your redneck engineering methods! Genius!
Nice work, brother. Yes, it was interesting.
I agree ;)
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@@homesteadonomics Both are me. 🤣
So I built a goat stand about 3 mo ago and now you release your goat stand video. I should have waited🤣
But then you wouldn’t have gotten 3 months worth of use outta yours😉
I love your videos. On your garden beds what was your mixture of soil that you used. I don’t recall if you said?
Good job
Thank you Tom!
When you drive on the steel is says Ouch! Get off my toes!
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When I saw the title I thought it's as a youtube short. I really hate those glad its a normal video
Nope, not sure if I want to do any of those shorts. I do them occasionally on my IG but I use TH-cam for the long form videos
Redneck Engineering is just another way to say MacGyvering :)
Yes indeed! And one of my all time favorite shows as a kid!!!!
Your Redneck Engineering Method works on steel drums and old appliances.
Cut them open and run over them on the driveway for thick metal panels.😉 -KJ
That might require an old steam roller for some of the appliances I see at the dump. But the barrels could make for interesting sheet metal panels!
Thanks for the great video. Great idea as I am looking for a way to fix a bent gate. Could I use this method on my green steel tube gate before I re-hang it?
Have a small Honda sus no truck.
Have some 16 foot 1 by 6xs that I am going to repair fence with . Maybe I can lay in over the bent area near bottom of gate and put pressure to bend it?? Its hollow though so maybe to weak to take any pressure? Also, if thr answer is yes would I do it on my big cement drive way or on the pasyure grass? Any suggestions?
Thank you. Beth
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Do you still use your under ground green house? In the desert, looking into building one!
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Why not start on the shop concrete from the beginning?
Starting on the ground is just a little bit easier to keep from over correcting by making small corrective steps. And the bigger bend is held more stable with the corners set in the ground a bit.
Ok but wonder if the steel bar would have some weakness in it at the spot that was bent…
If you make small bends it should not loose much integrity. But if you go too far with a correcting bend it can affect strength for sure. So the key is little steps.
I wonder if heating it up in the bend might have helped any??
Yes it helps a lot if you’re making a sharper bend. But in this scenario, if it got too hot it could buckle under a load like this. But it certainly help in more technical situations. I don’t know if you watched any of the travel trailer build, but in the first video my father in law helped me bend that tubing using torch😊👍
Your poor father in law. He must have really been bent! lol It worked pretty good!
Thank you!
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You should put Hindi subtitles lots of love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳 your content is so unique
Plain ol' common sense thinking! Good one!
Doesn't look like he needed help.
Thanks Sue!
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Oh yeah, they are pretty stinky when they are trying to ‘attract’ their mates😂
Hello dear friend Joe🙋 here in passing to greet you and to wish you that God gives you an excellent and blessed new year for you and your beautiful family Thanks 🌵🌻👩🏻🌾🇲🇽
Thank you Rosario! Always good to hear from my neighbor to the south 🇲🇽! May God bless you and your family as well!
OK,
1) I just found your channel.
2) Looks like a totally normal project for a man. (sorry to all the snowflake "pronoun" carbon based lifeforms)
3) You should see my "hillbilly builds a bridge" video.
4) You are quite the craftsman. I subscribed.
"You don't get yesterday back & you can't buy a minute!"
Michael Ruff
Thank you very much Michael! And I your #2 answer was perfect😂. The pronoun using sensitive snowflakes will always find something to be upset about. I’m pretty sure they enjoying living in misery 🤦♂️😂
Hey, whatever works! It's much better than wasting your fuel to drive to the hardware store and paying current prices.
"If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
- Red Green.
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My last colony absconded between a year and 6 months ago. So nothing new on that unless I decide to catch som swarms this coming spring.
Anyone who quotes Dick Proenneke is ok with me
I think I’d agree as well! Wish I could have met him when he was alive…. Amazing man!
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