Job Number 180048 (Straighten Bent Hands) and 180072

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Job number 180048 needed all the hands straightened.

There are a few tricks to doing this without snapping the hands (although that still happens). One is to use the tweezers well open, tips on either side of the hand with one tip at the bent point. A twist then allows precise control.

When the bent is close to the boss like these, it's harder. I held the boss in parallel pliers, and in a tool used to hold hands while adjusting then hole, and just worked really slowly, a little at a time.

I find that steel of course can be very brittle, but it does in a strange way, want to go back to it's original shape.