You can find a Z bend tool at RC hobby supply places. I use it all the time when I build a new RC plane when connecting a wire from the servo to any of my control surfaces on my plane.
I love tools like this So simple, yet so ingenious And looks like either one of those will last a lifetime or more Hmm 🤔 I wonder how difficult it would be to make these out of an old broken pair of pliers...
I made one of the stick style. Also have a pair that look like hoof nippers but bend a nice square Z on the end. Mine were used mostly for RC control wires.
Don, those are a couple of great tools, They would come in very handy, wish I could find something like that. I bent one with a pair of needle nose one time, harder but got it done.
Using needle nose pliers works fine, just don't use cheap pliers. The pliers will keep slipping the harder you try to move the wire. For the mini wire tool, you can get that from any major vendor ( example: Rotary #1720 ).
I have the same z-pliers, made by Custom Model Products, but the company seems to be out of business. Hangar 9 and Great Planes have a different design plier that makes z bends in up to 1/16 inch diameter wire, available on Amazon and your local RC Hobby Shop. Z bends are often used on controls of rc model airplanes.
not hard to do with pliers,but it is almost impossible get them the same... so i will make a tool or might buy...but the second one seems very easy type to make imo...thanks for sharing
Hey Danny my buddy give me a 1995 Lawn-Boy golden series it will start but will not turn it on and run it won't it'll quit I don't know if it's a carburetor or what you have parts for this 1995 model number is 10515 thanks buddy
jim s - The solid wire is used to replace a worn or broken wire INSIDE of the original wound outer jacket. Solid wire without a jacket would not work at all.
highpwr , I mean as a replacement for the cable inside the jacket. Specifically for the blade brake or motion control, where the wire would be pulled by the handle.
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Now that's a useful tool! I always made "Z" bends with needle nose pliers. This is super simple and foolproof.
You can find a Z bend tool at RC hobby supply places. I use it all the time when I build a new RC plane when connecting a wire from the servo to any of my control surfaces on my plane.
Thanks to you I made the plier type you were showing and it works great! No more using needle noses. Thanks Don
Thanks Donny. I didn't know these type of pliers existed 😵💫
I have no use for this tool whatsoever but I’ll be buying one today.
Its a must have now that you know it exists
I feel like less of a man for not having one already.
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Big Picture Thinking it will look great on the pegboard
LOL
Lovely video on the tool Donny mate cheers from Australia to Canada
I bought 1 at a tool show 6 years ago but I have not seen one again until you showed us yours
I love tools like this
So simple, yet so ingenious
And looks like either one of those will last a lifetime or more
Hmm 🤔
I wonder how difficult it would be to make these out of an old broken pair of pliers...
That's what I was thinking. I'd like to make me a pair
I got the first tool from Rotary USA many years back. Just checked it, they don't carry the first one, but they do carry the second tool now.
Thanks for the video! Never knew that tool existed!
Great little tool...I bet someone will come up with an idea to modify an old pair of pliers to make that bend. Thanks Don!!
I made one of the stick style. Also have a pair that look like hoof nippers but bend a nice square Z on the end. Mine were used mostly for RC control wires.
I love tools like this....excellent!
What an interesting idea, I didn't know there was such a tool. This would be a fun little shop project.
Thanks from Argentina.. I have the oregon tool
Where do you buy the cable and jacket like that? Most of what I can find is premade cables or stranded stuff.
Don, those are a couple of great tools, They would come in very handy, wish I could find something like that. I bent one with a pair of needle nose one time, harder but got it done.
I have a Z bender I like it very much.
I haven't found that particular model but, as others say, there are lots of pliers to buy online that do that job.
I can see how these tools would be very useful tom you in your shop!!
go to model aircraft building supply we use z bend all the time
I am guilty I am still using a pair of needle nose. I have to get one.
+Bruce Pender - Save your Money! Keep using your Pliers.... LOL
Check Hobby stores, I got them years ago to use on R/C planes.
Good to know.. Thanks..
Using needle nose pliers works fine, just don't use cheap pliers. The pliers will keep slipping the harder you try to move the wire. For the mini wire tool, you can get that from any major vendor ( example: Rotary #1720 ).
American Amazon carries the tool just search z bend :) unless you mean that specific brand.
I have the same z-pliers, made by Custom Model Products, but the company seems to be out of business. Hangar 9 and Great Planes have a different design plier that makes z bends in up to 1/16 inch diameter wire, available on Amazon and your local RC Hobby Shop. Z bends are often used on controls of rc model airplanes.
thanks for this Dony ...
Thanks
Mr Donyboy, do you have a video about making custom cables? I haven't found a way to put those little cylinder shaped ends that are common on one end.
Thanks for the video.
Dony! great video! Where can I get the inner wire? I'm from Toronto
not hard to do with pliers,but it is almost impossible get them the same... so i will make a tool or might buy...but the second one seems very easy type to make imo...thanks for sharing
Could you let me know the wire you're using. need a throttle cable that's obsolete. It measures .O78 and is springy. Where would i get the wire.
Has this Z bender become availible again?
Theres loads of dentist ones on ebay but I only want this sort.
thanks
Versions of the available on Amazon in the United States. For anyone interested.
I'm finding them on Ebay and Amazon.
Where can you get the roll of inner wife and putter housing in the USA
Hi Danny I would like to buy the Oregon z bend tool. Please advise how I can buy one from you.
Lots of 'Z' bend pliers tools on E Bay
do you have the dimensions for the pliers
Very nice tool and video. Thanks, if someone has a link to that tool please let us know.
You've got those pliers on a link?
Wow thanks I’m in for one ☝️
very cool tool !
Where would I buy wire like that and can you replace a cable wire with this wire.
Thank you
D Lastname ooo interesting question! I’d like to know if that is ok to do as well
nice tool
Has anyone found which company makes the flat z bend tool as in the video? Checked hobby shops with no luck.
what kind the wire
where to buy inner cable??
cool too see so many RC pilots in the comments...
how connect the Z to trottle cable?
Any one know what the name and specs for that wire cable name, diameter ext, thank you
Hey Danny my buddy give me a 1995 Lawn-Boy golden series it will start but will not turn it on and run it won't it'll quit I don't know if it's a carburetor or what you have parts for this 1995 model number is 10515 thanks buddy
Years ago KD made a tool for all sorts of bends, but it's been extinct for more than 20 years.
How would using the solid wire in place of the wound cable work out? I’m thinking ok short term, but long term?
jim s - The solid wire is used to replace a worn or broken wire INSIDE of the original wound outer jacket. Solid wire without a jacket would not work at all.
highpwr , I mean as a replacement for the cable inside the jacket. Specifically for the blade brake or motion control, where the wire would be pulled by the handle.
Amazon has them.
Ty don , mod squad engineering owosso, mi
where do you get the wire like that
Save your Money! Keep using your Pliers.... LOL
Napa
For some reason the pliers remind me of Gumby
eBay for RCs
Can I RENT that FIRST Z bend tool from you? I'll pay shipping BOTH ways PLUS $50
Wow, that is handy, I tried making a bend like that and broke my pliers
Save your Money! Keep using your Pliers or Needle Pliers.... LOL
is this for motorcycles or automotive vehicles? Correction, think its for lawnmowers lol.
Thanks