how hard is it to make a router collet offset wrench?
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#12
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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#14
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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#15
Cool.

Thanks
roger901
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#16
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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Mark

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#17
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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#19
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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#20
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.

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