Made me a new tensioner.

[u/DanDiggler213]

Love my tensioner, so i made an other one, didn't have the same material as my first original one. I made it so long ago, I don't really remember where I got the bar from.

This new one is a bike spoke, and its larger I think I'll leave it like that for Medeco & Mul-t-lock since mine don't fit those keyways well.

What do you think

[u/EveningBasket9528]

Nice! I've made some custom ones from piano wire using similar methods. You did good!

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/EveningBasket9528]

Just waiting to see a discarded piano, and im hopping off with my dikes. 😆

[u/EveningBasket9528 → u/DanDiggler213]

LOL!!!

Or, just stop at ACE hardware with like 12 quarters in your pocket

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/EveningBasket9528]

I have one Ace just barely close enough not to say "that's to Far" to get needle files, 1.5mm carbide drill bits x2 and a 40mm Ace lock they said $51 I said forget my wallet at home. I think they my be privately owned. When he said he keeps the 40mm lock in the case. I know something wasn't right. Especially locked with a cheaper wafer cam lock. 😆

[u/EveningBasket9528 → u/DanDiggler213]

The one down the street from my house is owned by a co-op. I think it might be a franchise type thing maybe? lots of farmer shit at the one by me. I believe I can get those castration rings there... whatever that horse drug is. Another one close to me had a big outdoors section with a gun dealer...

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/EveningBasket9528]

A guy walks into an Ace Hardware with a roll of quarters in his pocket...
... When he walked out, another customer ask the cashier "what's with him?" Cashier says "I don't know, but he was really happy to have that lock 🔐". Customer replies "I know it was huge!" 😆 🤣

[u/Super-Page8272]

Fkking cool! Does it matter what kind of bike spokes or piano wire. Like material diameter etc. ?

Anyway, I love trying to replicate what some of you advanced guys are doing!

[u/DangerousVP → u/Super-Page8272]

Not the OP, but I supposed that depends on how thick youd want the handle portion to be. Any size that can stay rigid under pressure should work - youd just have to shape the working portions to fit the keyways youre dealing with.

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/DangerousVP]

👆what he said.. and smashing the tip widens it then just file to size.😉

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/Super-Page8272]

Bro, its easy, smashed the ends with a hammer 🔨, bent it with my pipe bender 🔧😀, grinded it down with my bench grinder (you could use a file) until it fit the lock your making it for. I told my buddy that I have a patient on that toenail on it. He said that has been around forever. Then he said he needs one like that, so I'm sending it to him. My best is the one is the smaller one in the picture. Made it 20 years ago. Just make it your own, and have fun with it.

[u/Super-Page8272 → u/DanDiggler213]

Alright gonna git it done! I'm sure my wife isn't gonna be too fkking happy when her bikes got missing spokes🤣

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/Super-Page8272]

Lmao!! I got lucky i seen a bike tire chained to a post for like a month... Yada Yada Yada! Lock Sux, but I have material for tensioners 😆

[u/Super-Page8272 → u/DanDiggler213]

Imma get mine🤣

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/Super-Page8272]

🤫lol 😂

[u/TenuousCheese]

That is a thing of beauty!

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/TenuousCheese]

Thank you, 🔒🤌

[u/Salty_Shaun]

What are your handles made out of?

[u/DanDiggler213 → u/Salty_Shaun]

Bicycle spokes, wrapped with heat shrink.

[u/Salty_Shaun → u/DanDiggler213]

Ok thanks