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Apr 17, 2006 | 06:58 PM

r0yal

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Pipe Bending..

Well, I recently picked up a ram style pipe bender, and tried bending some pipe, but all it does is kink the pipe, is there a trick I'm supposed to do? lol thanks

this is what the bender looks like

Apr 17, 2006 | 07:07 PM

k24em2

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (r0yal)

Use a bender designed for it. Those are crappy benders and they kink the pipe.

Apr 17, 2006 | 07:09 PM

RC000E

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (k24em2)

Yeah, that thing is better for bending thicker wall tubing. Like for go cart chassis and stuff like that. Anything thin wall...forget it, that ain't gonna work.

Apr 17, 2006 | 07:49 PM

tony1

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (r0yal)

You want a tube bender, not a pipe bender...

Apr 17, 2006 | 07:53 PM

r0yal

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (tony1)

Hmmm, so much for doing exhaust then

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Apr 18, 2006 | 08:38 AM

nowtype

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (r0yal)

I dont know if anyone has experience with this bender, but if anyone does, what thickness would you expect a decent bend at? .125"+? Or would it have to be solid pipe?

Apr 18, 2006 | 09:32 AM

Soccerking3000

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (nowtype)

try filling the pipe with sand then bending it, it might help a little

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Apr 19, 2006 | 05:51 PM

.Thomas

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Re: Pipe Bending.. (Soccerking3000)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Soccerking3000 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try filling the pipe with sand then bending it, it might help a little

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how?