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« Reply #180 on: June 03, 2008, 08:46:08 AM » |
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Go for it vb, looking forward to seeing this come together, its not that bad once you get started, remember its easier to put more of a bend on than it is to take it off  |
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« Reply #181 on: June 04, 2008, 10:47:33 AM » |
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VB has just left after collecting some pipe, a really smashing bloke with a great attitude. VB, hope your trip back was ok,was a pleasure to meet you. now roll a smoke n get on with some bending  |
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« Reply #182 on: June 04, 2008, 12:16:51 PM » |
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Im back just rolled a fat one was very nice to meet you Tim, top bloke and now i have loads of tube to play with yippee |
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« Reply #183 on: June 04, 2008, 01:35:45 PM » |
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WELL GET ON WITH IT THEN.......... |
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« Reply #184 on: June 04, 2008, 01:57:03 PM » |
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Yes Dad |
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« Reply #185 on: June 04, 2008, 03:16:23 PM » |
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Or well a 16 tonne bender wont do the job  cant get to 40deg before tube flattens out leave alone a 90deg,still at least it wasnt the tube ive paid for "thanks to TBone" the tube was 45mm od 3mm wall so no hope for the 4mm wall stuff i got, wondering if a staffa will handle it only option i can think of atm but @65 notes a week rental,dont want it if it ont do the job or well as i say, Dai's on the job again |
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« Reply #186 on: June 04, 2008, 03:39:40 PM » |
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hmm but it is bending so....
have you tried bending with the rollers at the widest position?
is the pipe snug in the former?
have you tried different size former?
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« Reply #187 on: June 04, 2008, 03:46:15 PM » |
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have a look on BC at how Haggis did his on the trike he was doing before he bought that crap airyplane thing I seem to remember that was pretty big stuff
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« Reply #188 on: June 04, 2008, 03:50:55 PM » |
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hmm but it is bending so....
have you tried bending with the rollers at the widest position?
is the pipe snug in the former?
have you tried different size former?
rollers where in widest position... tube was snug tried smaller even tighter fight still flattened out |
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« Reply #189 on: June 04, 2008, 03:51:39 PM » |
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have a look on BC at how Haggis did his on the trike he was doing before he bought that crap airyplane thing I seem to remember that was pretty big stuff
yeah ive followed his thread since the start he uses a staffa bender type ...so maybe the way to go |
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« Reply #190 on: June 04, 2008, 04:23:55 PM » |
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How about doing it the old fashioned way -tightly pack the tube with sand & tack weld a plate on either end before bending.
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« Reply #191 on: June 04, 2008, 05:10:31 PM » |
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i heard wet sand was now the way to go on that one? only other suggestion i have is a blow torch n heat it first, but at 4mm i think you`ll need gas bottles  |
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« Reply #192 on: June 04, 2008, 05:24:30 PM » |
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just a thought but.... do your mock up in the bs pipe anyway. carry on as if it was the real thing n dont worry if/wen it flattens. When your happy with the angles you have, ring round and see if you can find an engineering works that will bend your CDS to your templates. Gotta be cheaper than hiring/ buying another bender? And its still gonna be your design/work. Nothin wrong in farming the tricky bits out to someone else.
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« Reply #193 on: June 04, 2008, 06:15:04 PM » |
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i just had two more thoughts (thats the most i had all week).
1st. slippage. is the pipe turning in the die?
2nd. can you streth the angle over a longer length? pump the handle till just before it flattens, side the pipe along 2" pump again, repeat repeat repeat until you have the desired angle
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« Reply #194 on: June 09, 2008, 02:42:04 PM » |
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more s**t news im afraid ...took 1 length to "trefab" they make alot of metal things and have staffa/industrial benders they tried bending my cds stuff with heat and thats flattened out as well so to say im feeling p***ed is an understatement as i know have nearly £300 worth of tube that wont bend properly so much for buying cds stuff im at a loss what to do.... on top of which ive had final conformation via post that the blindness i have in the rht eye is present in my left eye..so quite frankly i cant see a point in doing any thing now.......... |
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