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Bending 1-1/8" Copper Tubing - Any suggestions pv=nrt 12-30-2006
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Posted by James on December 30, 2006, 12:10 pm
An old trick I heard about is to fill the tube tightly with sand before
bending. Pain to clean out though.

> How do you all make professional bends in large tubing like 1-1/8" OD.
>
> Virtually all tubing benders (spring and lever type) seem to top out
> around 3/4",
>
> Would something like a Greenlee EMT conduit bender work.
>
> There are some specialty benders with custom dies but prices are sky
> high.
>
> Any suggestions on best known methods.
>
> P.S. I realize tight bends will require fittings. I'm talking about
> wider bends.



Posted by Justin on December 31, 2006, 8:20 am

| An old trick I heard about is to fill the tube tightly with sand before
| bending. Pain to clean out though.
|


Yeah, thats great for refrig lines...



Posted by Stormin Mormon on December 31, 2006, 11:27 pm
You just have to blow it out with high pressure R12? Tip the
white jug up, and honk it out with a bunch of liquid.

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"Justin" <-> wrote in message
>
> | An old trick I heard about is to fill the tube tightly with
sand before
> | bending. Pain to clean out though.
> |
>
>
> Yeah, thats great for refrig lines...
>
>



Posted by pv=nrt on January 1, 2007, 8:54 am
I think the EPA would call this more then a "de minimus" release.

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:27:23 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"

>You just have to blow it out with high pressure R12? Tip the
>white jug up, and honk it out with a bunch of liquid.


Posted by on December 30, 2006, 12:34 pm

>How do you all make professional bends in large tubing like 1-1/8" OD.
>
>Virtually all tubing benders (spring and lever type) seem to top out
>around 3/4",
>
>Would something like a Greenlee EMT conduit bender work.
>
>There are some specialty benders with custom dies but prices are sky
>high.
>
>Any suggestions on best known methods.
>
>P.S. I realize tight bends will require fittings. I'm talking about
>wider bends.


I let my customers pay for the tools I need to do their work.

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