Bent a wardrobe door hinge moving the wardrobe upstairs, how do I bend it back into place without a vice or grip to hold it? It's pretty sturdy metal.
Bent a wardrobe door hinge moving the wardrobe upstairs, how do I bend it back into place without a vice or grip to hold it?
Push it against a hard surface....That's some type of Chineseium, not Adamantium. You should be able to bend it close enough easily. After that reinstall and work the door slowly as leverage to bend it back flush.
I tried that, it didn't work.
Fwiw it's likely not chinesium, the wardrobe was $2000 and hand made
Fair nuff...do you have a c clamp or some locking pliers? You can lock it to the end of a table and tap the top with a hammer?
Got nothing atm we're judt moving and everything is in storage or elsewhere
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Are you me? We moved on Wednesday and today I realized that the fill outlet to the washing machine had a leak. It's a 15 minute job to replace the valve, but my wrenches are buried until my shop is built, so there's a bucket under it for now and I'll have to spend an hour hunting for a spanner later this afternoon.
This crap happens at the best times huh
Glass half full....the house I found is perfect and I'm happy to be able to live in it. Is there a hardware store near you? You can probably get a pair of vice grips and a hammer for 20 bucks.
If it's as thick as anon is saying it is, the wood it's being attached to will split before the metal bends.
it looks no thicker than 2mm. use long, coarse-threaded screws and a 2x4 and believe me it'll bend before the wood does
Shall I do this on a random 2x4?
Some random cutoff pieces from the shed. Don't do it on some beam holding your house up if thats what you're suggesting.
sure as long as it's scrap. i would advise that if you plan on hammering you might end up with dents if you're worried about aesthetics
Right...I misread that. I thought it was suggested to just screw the hinge back into the original piece of furniture and not a piece of scrap wood. That makes way more sense.
Yeah, I didn't get what was being said. Like I said above..that makes more sense. I hope you're an American, because if so, your tax dollars paid for my house.
>t. fed
>If it's as thick as anon is saying it is, the wood it's being attached to will split before the metal bends.
You better hold on to whatever useless job bought you that house because you're not very intelligent.
Like said, putting it against a hard flat surface and hammering it is how you fix it, I've had to do something similar to this a number of times and hammering it flat always works for me.
Put the hinge in the "closed' position, lay it flat on a hard surface with the hinge/pin part overhanging the edge (like in this pic) so it can lay completely flat, and just go at it with a hammer until it's flat again.
If it's an appearance piece and you don't want to mar up the surface, put a sheet of rubber or felt or leather on both sides, and use a lot of softer hammer blows. It will take longer but it shouldn't mess up the finish.
Do what this anon said but use blocks of 2x4 wood. The wood will give way a bit but also won't wreck or scrape up whatever you're straightening.
Stick a toothpick in the screw hole and screw it back in. The screws will flatten it out
it might even out if you tighten both holes on the bent end of the hinge to a plank of wood. i think that's what is trying to say. if it doesn't just beat it back gentle with a big rock after
Might try this and see if it does at least something
The wood is very sturdy but I'll keep an eye out for any cracks as I start
get some fackin pliers together, holy shit
Right.. Make me a hinge. *Starts timer*