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Bending a 12-inch wrench
Dennis Rogers Blog: May 14, 2009: Last Sunday, my wife and I were at a dinner party at the home of author William Kalush. One of those in attendance was celebrated Rocket Scientist, Edgar Choueiri. Before leaving for the party, David Blaine suggested that I bend a wrench for Mr. Choueiri, as he is totally fascinated with the application of all kinds of power and would believe such a feat of strength to be impossible- at least by human hands. So, in the interest of blowing the mind of a Rocket Scientist, I decided I would pull out one of my big guns- so I grabbed a 12” wrench and threw it in my wife’s purse. You can check out what happened in my videos here. Just as I am getting ready to bend the wrench someone says “This is something that you are never going to see anybody else do.” Well … while I am grateful for the compliment, that is just simply not so. The fact is I have an elite group of students around the world who have successfully bent steel wrenches. While it is true that there are only a handful of individuals (to my knowledge) who have bent 12” wrenches, that doesn’t mean that you can’t be the next. That is up to you. Wrench bending, like all types of bending takes strong wrists, fingers and thumbs- plus you need to know exactly how to apply maximum pressure if you’re going to have a successful bend. I know wrenches like the back of my hand and I think if you look at my hand you can tell that wrenches know me.
May 18, 2009