Monday, May 31, 2010

Pipe bender modification

Pic.1. Thick walled half inch pipe is not easy to bend without kinking it. So I had to invest in to another tool...
















Pic.2. Since I was fixing it not rebuilding I had to do some modifications to pipe bender. Some of the bends on pipes made previously made difficult for me customize it.

Pipe kept twisting and prevented me to make a bend needed....








Pic.3. Here is the view after customizing the pipe bender on the top and.....






Pic.4. here is the side view. I made an extra hole for the bolt going through. You can count the holes on one side and than the other side. This worked really nice. I figured bending an half inch pipe doesn't make much difference in structural integrity.

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