Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Gee Mike, sorry about your foot! Glad things are better now. The press looks super!

Now get to work on an angle iron straightener ! My thoughts lie along the same concept, sort of like a narrow, multiple station slip roll.

The new angle iron is garbage i replaced a missing girt on my wincharger tower and it just bowed like spaghetti when I stood on it! Made from melted down cars and toasters

Sorry for the delay, paying customers got in the way.

So here is the 2 24 method that works well on 2 1/4 angle. I intentionally turned the crescents over so that the naming of the process wasn't too obvious



There are a few tricks to using them but they work well on short kinks like this.

I located the blocks I use for the portable press under a flatbed that is going on to another truck for a hoist. Pics of those soon

Ron

This is what I use to straighten tower legs. We can use it in the field as well as outside the shop. Maneuverability of the tower legs to straighten is much easier than inside a shop with a press.

Blocks for holding the angle


Hydraulic outrigger is the press. You can vary the spacing of the blocks. Bad bends, lay heavy angle or pipe in the tower leg V so the the outrigger doesnt put all the pressure in one spot


Ron Stauffer
Monrtrose CO

Ron,

Thanks for those pic, I used your process a few years ago from the past forum with a little modification with the tools I had on hand and it works great. Thanks for your wisdom.

Jerry