Metal Handles

Tom uses a metal bender from Colorado based company, Shop Outfitters. They have a product called the compact bender that bends both round and flat stock.
The compact bender comes in handy when Tom has to bend any types of metal for the diverse projects that come into his shop.
Last summer the University of Wyoming was busy remodeling the College of Law on the west side of campus. The contracting company in charge of landscaping the outside of the building was looking for a simple design “cage” to house the trash dumpster. Tom came up with this design.

The cage needed an easy to open latch and handle.
The handles were formed out of two pieces of twelve inch, 5/8 round bar stock. The round stock was bent ninety degrees on either end. The two metal handles were directly welded onto the square tube. Mounting plates can also be fabricated to the metal handles by drilling 5/8″ holes into a piece of flat bar stock. Insert the bent metal handle part way into the hole and weld on the back. Additional holes can be drilled into the steel plate to provide anchor points for mounting.