Bends in bars

[Bryan Barrow]

I recently got this bar and it has a slight curve in it. Is there any way I can straighten it out because word on the street is it’s a good bar. Also, can anyone tell me what kind of bar it is and what it fits?

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[angelo c]

I think @Icepick69 does this ?
Memory fading though.

 

[67L36Driver]

Remington. Post the number and I’ll look it up.

Example: 48709 is 24” x .058” gage.

Arbor press, supported proper and push carefully on the high point.

 

[Bryan Barrow]

This was the only thing I found on the bar “stridsberg” “made in Sweden”

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[67L36Driver]

Picture of roller end?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Just noticed the bar on my Dolly 5105 has a slight bend in it too, close to the powerhead. Hmm, mebbe I should go ahead and get that new Tsumura ive been wanting!

 

[huskyboy]

Brian if you put the bar in a vise in the right place usually you can straighten them if it’s not too bad.

 

[srcarr52]

For a gentle bend, one's that have no distinct location of the bend, I usually bridge a couple of 4x4's on the floor with the bent section and step on it. It takes a fair bit of force to bend them and I usually end up pulling around the table of which the vise is affixed to before getting the bend out. Using your weight is really easy to control the amount of bending.

 

[Yotaismygame]

Check it with a straight edge first. I've looked down bars that appeared to look curved liked that but once checked were actually straight. Looks like a husky mount D009 to me.

 

[Bryan Barrow]

I’m going to try to straighten it today. Thank you all for the input


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[Basher]

If you could measure the width of the bar slot and the width of the tail end of the bar near the oil delivery holes some of us vintage saw collectors may be able to give you more info on what the bar fits. That would be a very easy straightening job as there are no sharp bends in it, supported on blocks about 4" in from each end, a few bounces of body weight and check for improvement, may take 3 -4 tries but it will straighten out just fine.

 

[Bryan Barrow]

Picture of roller end?

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[Bryan Barrow]

She looks nice now


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[bulletpruf]

I have a vintage Stridsberg bar, too. It'll fit my Jonsereds, but it's not an exact fit. Pretty sure it's original to a Husqvarna MS90.

However, I think your bar may be a Jonsereds bar. Sending you a PM.

Here's mine.

 

[5000+]

They all don't straighten easily. I have a windsor 28" large husq mount that had a slight bend that resisted straightening even over bending it in a large hyd press. It eventually sucumbed with a carefull dose of the "red wrench".

 

[old guy]

I recently put this one on the end of a white oak block, took a 32 ounce mschineist hammer to it,took that kink out of it.

 

[old guy]

Sorry for all the redundant pics, I sometimes don't understand all I know.

 

[old guy]

Here's what it looks like after hammer massage.

 

[Wood Doctor]

The end vise on my workbench has straightened lots of bars with this configuration:
I sometimes just leave it in there overnight. It works for single bends, but not for S-shaped, kinked double bends like Old Guy shows above.

 

[Philbert]

The end vise on my workbench has straightened lots of bars with this configuration . . .

Might have to change your screen name to 'Bar Doctor'?

Philbert