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What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:43 pm
by shikano53
I was thinking of perhaps eventually looking at buying a few bands and I found something called a band tool on the VFH website. Could someone tell me how it works? Is it necessary to mount bands onto a shank?
Thanks folks
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Re: What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:01 pm
by caskwith
I believe it is used to stretch bands to size so you can adjust them for repairs.

Re: What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:20 pm
by shikano53
Thanks Chris, that helps but I am still curious how it works.
P.S. I've had your website book marked for a couple of years now!
Love your work.

Re: What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:33 pm
by LatakiaLover
The pegs are to keep the mortise/shank aligned while applying downward pressure, and the cup is to burnish the sharp edge of a trimmed-off band.

Neither step/method is recommended. Mortises come in too many sizes, and burnishing is uneven unless the shank is dead-round, which is almost never the case.

Enlarging bands involves something called "chasing", and requires task-specific hardened mandrels and polished hammers.

Repair banding is the simplest of concepts, but EXTREMELY difficult to do well. If you want something decorative on a new pipe, use parallel-sided tubing, and slip fit / flush mount it inlay-style. You'll be glad you did. :lol:

Re: What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 4:20 am
by caskwith
That makes a lot more sense George.

Re: What Is A Band Tool?

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:49 am
by shikano53
thanks for the explanation George and the heads up on what to use instead.