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Brass Tab Bending late tiger wheels

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:10 am
by Tim McCarthy
G'day Fellows
The brass tabs on the late model road wheels what is the technique to have the ends bent up?
Tried a couple of methods but they look butchered! :x
Thanks
Tim

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:06 pm
by chris fry
hello tim,

use a scaple knife, use the knife edge under the tab and bend up carefully to the nut,

regards, chris.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:37 am
by Lionel Champ
Tim
I had the same problem,but in the end, I found a bradel worked for me.
Lionel

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:29 am
by Jim Slothower
Lionel,

I got to ask, what is a bradel??

Jim

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:27 pm
by Lionel Champ
Sorry Jim
I misspelt it.It should have been bradawl. If you have not heard of them or more likely call them by a different name,then it is a tool that looks like a flat pointed screwdriver.The point is thinner than a screwdriver and then rapidly thickens into a curved wedge shape. It is used for marking before drilling or screwing.
I know "Stanley" and "Kennedy" make them.
Lionel

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:23 am
by Tim McCarthy
Thanks for the reply Lionel & Chris
Scalpel knife excellent now I need a hot sexy nurse :!:
Thanks Jim for asking what is a bradel??
Now back to the 'operating room "Scalpel Please"
Tim