Bending Pipe

I was wondering if there is any easy way to bend 1" pipe. It has about a

1/8" sidewall. Obviously a pipe bender would be best but I have no tools like that. Just a torch. Any suggestions? Thanks,

Don

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Don
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sometimes a crook in a tree works

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ATP

I have tried similar methods but usually the pipe kinks slightly. I need to maintain the strength if possible.

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Don

Don't know that it's "easy", but packing it full of sand can help to reduce kinking. You could also buy a cheap junky chinese pipe bender from harbor freight or the like - then you would have a low quality tool like that, without spending much. Or you could buy a high quality tool and be done with it. Or you could carve something out of wood, or have a shop with the right tools do the bends. Many options are available.

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Ecnerwal

Don,

What I would do is heat the pipe red hot and bend in a vise. Heat, bend, reheat, bend until the angle you want is reached. This method would not take into consideration the radius of the bend. If you need a particular radius I would use the same method but bend the pipe around a specific dia. piece to give the radius I would need for the job.

Bernd

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Bernd

Do you have a Ridgid pipe stand? Some models have a built-in radius in the table for various pipe sizes.

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ATP

I got a cheap hydrualic pipe bender for $40 on a closeout. Similar to this:

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work fine on **PIPE**

If you want to try it manually, find the fork in the tree or suitable spot on the pickup bumper to anchor it. Then use the torch to heat it red hot in a 270 degree arc, bend it 5 degrees or so, move over half an inch, repeat. It will flatten some on the back side. A small propane torch doesn't have the BTU's for 1" pipe. Use two of them, one on each side. OA is obviously much better.

cheers.

D> I was wondering if there is any easy way to bend 1" pipe. It has about a

Reply to
RoyJ

No. Just a vice.

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Don

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:36:36 -0500, the inscrutable "ATP" spake:

Well, what if the crook went up the tree so you couldn't whack him with that 1" pipe, huh?

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Larry Jaques

I bought the HF pipe bender above and it works pretty good. It takes some real patience but will bend steel pipe decent. Here's are two links to projects i made with it. The pipe was 1" od, wall thickness was about .125" (there's a picture of the bender in the background, i made a stand for it out of old bedframe angle steel)

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good luck, walt

Reply to
wallster

Take it to a muffler shop

Reply to
Tom Gardner

You might try a rental place. Check for thinwall conduit benders. They will work for regular pipe or tubing it the radius is OK.

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D. Crockett

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Thomas

Try putting sand in the pipe , then with the pipe securely held down and goddamned big lever arm, bend it. The sand will keep the pipe from flattening. MLM

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JohnQ.Public

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