Mastering Small Tubing bends: A Step By Step Tutorial And demo
2022 ж. 5 Қыр.
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Tubing benders can be confusing.. whether you are bending brake lines or industrial piping this short demo will show you how to accurately layout and bend a half inch stainless line.
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I was a Local 211 Pipefitter almost 40 yrs ago and there were two much older guys who always did the instrumentation work with the pretty stainless tubing. They showed me a lot and I really missed out not being assigned to them very often. I looked through my bookcase and found my old bluebooks and such. Since we were not allowed to use calculators in apprentice school (and my math skills SUCKED) I had written in the back of one of them "DON'T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO THIS, FOCUS ON THE STEPS." Pretty neat finding that note. Thanks for the video.
Man would love more content on small stainless tube installs. I’m a field tech for an industrial water treatment company. I install chemical tanks and feed pumps and there is no content out there like this!!
Yes!!! Please make a pipe fitting video. I'm a pipe welder and can fit and tack fittings but I would really like to learn more about fitting.
I work in bending the pipe
I'm glad you didn't talk about your dog and cat, this tutorial Was short sweet and to the point, thank you, would love to see more.👍
You can never go wrong w videos like this. Keep'em comin
Love to learn more about tube bending, thank you.
Thanks a lot Drew. You were clear and concise with your tutorial.
Perfect video! Nice job
Great video, hope you can make some more. Cheers
Yes great TUBE bending video. At the auto research group I retired from they did not have classes for precision, mathematical precalculated tube fitting ( at least in the groups I worked in), just a little OJT & observing more skilled technicians work. Finally I saw someones sharpie marks & realized they were using some formula & calculation they were privy to. I asked for more info & was given a tube fitting brandname handbook (it was swagelok), & learned more & finally felt semi-proficient. I got better at planning & layout & designed some nice test equipment that I built. I always felt I needed to learn more! I got to bend everything from 1/16" SS tube for fine pressure instrumentation to 3/4" SS CNG fuel systems. 1/2" & 3/4" Ss CNG tube was bent with gear reduction bending jigs & thinner 1/2" & smaller tubing bent with high quality leverage benders like the larger unit in your vid. Thanks
I love how you explain it !!!
Cheers for the info been smashing out the 1/2 instrument tubing with relative ease and no piles of useless stainless trombones anywhere
You simplified something complicated. Thanks
Wow you’re really good. You make it look easy
Great video ... great explanation. make more.. be interesting to see how you would bend 1/4 ss piping along a wall with different angles.,
Super helpful Thanks
Well done, good work, my friend.
thank you drew.
Thanks great video ☺️
Very informational
Dope video!
I love bendology.
Very interesting!!
Love the video !!! Look up the sag method for bending tubing
With a set of slide benders you can unbend a 90° with good results
How did you actually measure to determine what the lengths and angles should be? Ive heard of people using a wire
Can you use this for acrylic pmma tubing?
Hey Drew. What reciprocating saw blades do you use for cutting stainless steel? And blades for portable bandsaw. Thanks
Which tool for expanding or swaying small diameter stainless, mild steel, or chrome molly tubing? I have found several for copper tubing and large diameter tubing but nothing for small diameter.
I am curious about tubefitting and see how it varies from larger pipe fabrication
Would love to see a dedicated pipefitting video
Hi great video. I’m interested in doing a bend with aluminum to create a stand. The top would be 7-9 inches and the legs 23 each side. Is it possible to bend at 7-9 inches apart? I’d be using 12mm - 1/2 inch tubing. Maybe smaller.
Can a 3/8" tube bender be used to bend a 3/8" copper tubing into a coil? I need to make a condenser
Bring on the the pipe fitting videos.
Want to say thanks for the 1.414 formula . Do you have a video on pipe measurements loss on 45, 60, 75 , kicks ?
Yes please, do the more pipping information video.😎
What a good thickness to bend by hand I have .020 and it just kinks with my bender. Hard to find 1/2 roll thicker the .023 seems like you can only buy it under 7 foot
Where would you place the reference mark on the tube to get 45 angle L or 45?
Will those tubing benders still allow a fitting to slide past and around those bends? I need a tight bend and would need to flare one end prior to bending one side.
What's this specific type of tube called?
I can't find a fractional gain chart for anything above 1/2 O.D. Do they not exist or is it as simple as 1" O.D. would be 2x whatever the gain is for the 1/2" column at a given bend angle?
Let’s lien more bro. Thanks
Great video. I used to make continuous loops with swage lock bender which I don't have anymore. I just bought this Ridged bender, the same on your video. I am not sure if I can get the copper out after an 180 bend, clear of the latch.. (on my swage lock I had cut off the cock to enable this.. any idea, before I waste some 1/2" copper ?
Thanks for watching! I haven't tried bending copper, only stainless. if I'm not mistaken, copper uses its own sizing, whereas 1/2" SS is actually 1/2" OD. copper may not fit perfectly.
@@BlueCollarDrew I made many 50' 3/8" soft copper into 10-12-14" loops when I used to make handmade commercial refrigerator evaporator units (into 6" diameter PVC with fan motor in one or two ends). I even made 1/2" hard drawn copper into loops. Perfect bends with no crease. Even swage lock people had told me I can't do copper..i have pictures of them..
No tip on the 22.5° bend?
I want this tool
What about your set back & advance
👍
what tubing cutter would you suggest for 3/8 stainless steel tubing?
Ridgid
Why do tube welders use scratch start as opposed to HF, just curious.
For me its the tight spots and awkward torch grips required in position.. cant always grip near the wheel/slider/etc
Pls I want to learn from you
Sorry for bothering where do buy the tubing
A local stainless supplier
Hello Boilermakers here, looking for advice, I am looking to bend a pipe 25NB 3 mm thicker at 500 mm radius and ask if anyone how can I make it? Thank you.
Is it just me or was the first bend supposed to be 45°?
No setback advance gain or layout...? hmm.
Do the fitting videos fer sure
Please send me drawing
I am from rest of the world. The math is like square feet/pund per inch, I understand 0%