Incredible way to bend steel with your plasma cutter

[@MrPaddytrueno]

Handy tip , you can also do this with the arc from a tig torch if you hold the arc back at the right distance you don't melt the metal but can get it to glow, takes a bit of practice but works a treat.

[@petestools]

Yea take a while to learn lol.

[@jerryclayton4616]

What a great trick of the trade… thanks!

[@nounoufriend1442]

Great idea ,also be good heating rusted on parts , like getting nut off with buggering up threads

[@petestools]

cool thanks

[@steved2136]

Bloody good idea- I gave up oxy years ago, its just too expensive here in Australiabut missed it for bending steel- the press and hammer can do a lot- but just doesnt give the degree of ease that heating it does- that will be my next time attempt with the plasma cutter instead... 😁

[@petestools]

Cheers Steve

[@markoheimburger9895]

Pete, you sometimes come up with great ideas, now you just have to connect argon gas instead of compressed air to a pressure reducer and then you can plasma weld 😜👩‍🏭 Greetings, Marko

[@petestools]

LOL

[@waltertate2108]

Great option to have! If you need to hold something small and fragile like that, rather than use regular pliers use a pair of vice grips maybe with a bit of bike inner tube to soften the jaws (vice grips give heaps more control over the amount of force) then hold the vice grips in your bench vice. Frees up your hands and gives a lot more control for cutting/grinding - plus if you're like me trying to do that with regular pliers you'll drop it three times and it'll bounce under a cupboard to be lost forever.

[@petestools]

great idea

[@stevesfascinations1516]

Super job Pete! Love your tips, and greetings from Canada. Another Thumbs Up!

[@petestools]

Awesome, thank you!

[@reefe5657]

Enjoy and shared the content. Hello from South Carolina, USA

[@petestools]

Thanks my friend

[@jvazquez53]

Crazy but works! You never stop surprising us!

[@petestools]

Thanks my friend

[@j.w.perkins6004]

Your new camera and audio rocks....very clear...much improved!

[@petestools]

Yea But will take me 6 months to learn how to drive it LOL. Cheers pete

[@Nicecalgarian]

This is awesome Pete 💥🇨🇦👌. Can come in handy for stubborn bolts.

[@petestools]

Great idea with bolts cheers

[@AFFMotorsport]

More out of the box thinking, love it.

[@petestools]

Thanks Michael

[@ASK13saregreat]

This is really smart, I am going to try this technique to see if I can straighten some welding distortion I did to my trailer. It seemed maybe only axy acetylene would do it but it would be amazing if I could use my plasma cutter!!

[@petestools]

Great try it my friend

[@ASK13saregreat]

Hello from Nunavut BTW.

[@petestools]

Hi, Thanks for watching my friend

[@jamesr.9239]

Not that I'm keen to bugger up a wrench but wow , I love it when a tool can be modified to go beyond design and original purpose. Too many expensive specialty tools just lay in the drawer most of the time, useless and lonely.

[@petestools]

True my friend

[@spottedquolloz]

Thanks mate.

[@petestools]

You're welcome!

[@ironsmith9769]

love it. dirty but effective.

[@petestools]

YeAAAA my friend

[@michaelgieske6900]

Wondering whether you could just drill out the tip?

[@petestools]

Yea sure can but hard to hold as very soft .

[@mikemorris3545]

Hi,Pete I like your innovations, could you advise the same for brazing. Regards mike uk.

[@petestools]

Good idea for a video

[@GregariousAntithesis]

I like you you old kiwi, brilliant idea!

[@petestools]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ASK13saregreat]

Amazing content!

[@petestools]

Thanks mate

[@thomasthomas5963]

What happens if you do the same with the pilot arc torch?

[@petestools]

Will give it a try cheers mate

[@richardzenzola652]

Great videos Pete. Can you do that with an ag60. What air pressure ?

[@petestools]

Hi Richard .never tried with ag60 mate

[@nigtturner]

@@petestools maybe disconnect the pilot arc lead

[@9up9up9up]

Love those Yeehaa moments

[@petestools]

YEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@jeffreylonigro1382]

I don’t know about your plasma cutter, but my instructions say the cutter should always be in contact with metal and running the torch without contacting metal will shorten the life of the machine.

[@petestools]

Starch start but not pilot arc cheers

[@shirleypetchprapa8771]

did you have your voltage and air pressure all the way down?

[@petestools]

no running at 40 amp

[@ACW3DDesigns]

Yasou Pete

[@petestools]

Hi mate