Hey guys. Just looking for ideas on ways to straighten the beam on my splitter and then reinforce it because it is probably weakened from being bowed once. You can see the straight edge in the pics. With the 4' straight edge on the bottom side of the top I-beam flange, it is touching at the 2 ends and there is a gap in the middle. With the straight edge on the top of the bottom I-beam flange, it is touching in the middle at the double arrow and not touching at the 2 ends, so consistent bend on top and bottom I-beam flange. @kevin j
My first thought was to take it to take it to a auto body shop and see if they can straighten it, but that sounds expensive. Could a winch or come-a-long generate enough force if I could secure the two ends and pull opposite the bow? Heat needed? other ideas?
You can see that I have taken considerable time de-identifying the splitter. So this is NOT about the brand, how it happened, or anything to do with use or design. It is ONLY about ideas on straightening out the bow. Please keep it on topic and limit the trolling. If you want to talk about anything else, just PM me. Thanks.
Straight edge bottom of top flange:
Straight edge top of bottom flange:
My first thought was to take it to take it to a auto body shop and see if they can straighten it, but that sounds expensive. Could a winch or come-a-long generate enough force if I could secure the two ends and pull opposite the bow? Heat needed? other ideas?
You can see that I have taken considerable time de-identifying the splitter. So this is NOT about the brand, how it happened, or anything to do with use or design. It is ONLY about ideas on straightening out the bow. Please keep it on topic and limit the trolling. If you want to talk about anything else, just PM me. Thanks.
Straight edge bottom of top flange:
Straight edge top of bottom flange: