hello everybody

i'v always wonderd if there is any intrument or a diy gadget to bend charge pipes at home?

best regards moshik galimidi

 

make jigs out of conduit or something cheap and use those as a template.

 

ttt

 

any diy's ?

 

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I told you already.

make templates and bend pipe.

 

http://jd2.com/

 

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you can't bend a charge pipe with those... unless your going to make it from some thick *** tubing...

 

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thick diam ? or thick wall ?

I see no reason , other than overkill , that those wouldnt work fine for this application.

 

Mine atleast

http://www.harborfreight.com/c...44094
Or for the professional
http://www.harborfreight.com/c...47189

 

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ohh man thats great i'm gonna order one of these right now....


can i bend ss and aluminium with this?

 

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as long as your charge pipes are less than 2"

why not just buy pre-mandrel bent pipes?

 

dang i i was sure its good for 5/8"-3"

anyway i found this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/c...35336

any pros and cons ??

 

i think all those are pressure bent as in the diameter of the piping gets smaler where the bend is with those. I'd like to try to find a manual mandrel bender but no luck so far

 

Mandrel benders are $$$$$$$$$$

 

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anyway i found this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/c...35336

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yeah they suck

they crimp the pipe , the dies are ****, I'd give you mine if you lived near me.

 

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i was talking about manual not hydrolic, extreme price difference

 

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http://www.harborfreight.com/c...44094
Or for the professional
http://www.harborfreight.com/c...47189</TD></TR></TABLE>


do these crimp the pipe , or are they mandrel bends?

 

The only way to get true mandrel bends is with a mandrel bender. You have to have a mandrel that goes inside the pipe to keep it from getting crushed when bending. It's pretty much bent from the inside.

oh, and they're not cheap

http://www.ercolina-usa.com/mandrel-bender.htm
http://www.hinesbending.com/
http://www.advancedfab.com/transfluid/K-specs.htm

 

my pops said back in the day he would have asimilar tool to the JD squared bender but would pack the tubing full of sand and cap it off with some tapered woulden plugs, heat it with an oxy torch and then bend it, the sand would not allow for the tubing to get smaller achieveing mandrel bends

 

Try this maybe

http://www.harborfreight.com/c...35336

 

i have that orange bender, and i have the other HF pipe bender.

the orange one crushes pipes bad. i tried 2.5" pipe and it just crushes it.

i have the other pipe bender (2.5" doesnt fit in it) but i havent tried bending anything with it yet