S hook bending jig

[matthewsx]

Need to bend up some S hooks for hanging plants. Does anyone have plans or pics of a good jig design?

Will be working with .125” brass brazing rod, but would like to be able to do stainless too.

John

 

[CJ5Dave]

I bought something similar to this but have not tested it.

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[jwmelvin]

Quick or nice? Tom Lipton’s blog has some plans/discussion of a pretty nice one. Could improvise off that for something quicker. I’ve made some quickies for similar projects.

My quickie:

 

[C-Bag]

Quick or nice? Tom Lipton’s blog has some plans/discussion of a pretty nice one. Could improvise off that for something quicker. I’ve made some quickies for similar projects.

My quickie:

Nice! Mine is a bit more involved but handy. But super cheap based around a $15 HFT vise. With addon for the HF compact bender it’s made to do stuff like that but I’ve not gotten to using it yet as I bought it to do HD stuff when I finally do my gate project.

 

[GeneT45]

Here's an easy one: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/HookBender/hookbender.html

GsT

 

[wachuko]

Here's an easy one: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/HookBender/hookbender.html

GsT

A lot of cool ideas on that site!

 

[GeneT45]

A lot of cool ideas on that site!

Indeed! I've used many ideas from there, and kept links to another half dozen (like this bender) that I thought might come in handy some day.

GsT

 

[stupoty]

Quick or nice? Tom Lipton’s blog has some plans/discussion of a pretty nice one.

I made a simplified copy of the one on his site , works well , very flexible.
Stu

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[CJ5Dave]

I had to buy a large number of S hooks a few yeas back to hang divider curtains in a big building. Hard to find and pricy for what they are.

 

[RJSakowski]

Need to bend up some S hooks for hanging plants. Does anyone have plans or pics of a good jig design?

Will be working with .125” brass brazing rod, but would like to be able to do stainless too.

John

I just took a scrap of 3/4" aluminum plate and drilled press fit holes for three dowel pins. The dowel pin diameter is the diameter of the loop. The pins are in line and the spacing between the first two is equal to the pin diameter plus the wire diameter. The spacing between the second and third pin is equal to the center to center distance between the two loops.