Tube bending help
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Hi
I'm trying to get some pipe bent, but struggling, The tube is T45 32mm Dia 1.6 wall thickness, and the radius required is 12" x 180 Deg (half a circle), and I require 2 off. I already have the tube. I've spoken to several quality fabies and the issues appear to be the long radius aswell as correct tooling required and the material spec of T45 can split if not done correctly ?
Any info would be greatly apprieciated.
Cheer's Gavin

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Gav, forget fabrication shops, .you need a specialist tube manipulater type firm, look up "ring rollers " in you local area

carl

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not to thread hijack but thought not worth opening a new thread

anyway i am after bending some mild steel that is 20mm diameter with a 1.8-2mm wall,

would hydrolic be over kill or not? or possibly a 32mm plumbers pipe bender or will this leave me with kinks!

Gav

Hauser or webster race cars would be worth a call im sure one of them is not too far from milk and beans talk to stuart

Neil

Edited by SidewaysGTM on 20th Jan, 2011.

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Hi, I can bend up to 90 degrees in 42 x 3mm CDS ( drag racing spec ) if that's any use to you.

a local lad knocked up his own copy of a z-car, he bend all this pipes himself, (iirc they were t45 too)

i think he said he filled them with sand, got them warm, and just bend them round a wooden form

dont take my word for it though

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