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Need help with a bend.
I am trying to figure out a good way to bend a 8 foot long piece of 2 inch schedule 80 galvanized pipe. (2.38 OD x .22 wall)
This will be both a structural and decorative part, I need the strength of the thick wall.
I need as smooth as possible a bend radius of 120 inches, with the last 16 inches at each end to be an 18 inch radius. None of these dimensions are real critical, and I will cut the ends to fit at final assembly.
Any ideas on how to make the large radius bend in a home shop.
I was thinking of buying the Harbor Freight or Northern Hydraulics,16 ton pipe bender with the rollers set as far apart as possible, and just making a lot of very small bends to approximate the desired curve as much as possible.
Anyone have a better idea?
At $60 for each piece of pipe I do not want to do a lot of trial and error.
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Jeff
If it aint broke, fix it till it is.
Re: Need help with a bend.
Fill a long piece of black pipe with sand. Heat it to red hot in a forge. Bend it around a former. Hot-dip galvanize it later.
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Re: Need help with a bend.
Your not going to believe this...
a muffer shop!
they wont even flinch
Re: Need help with a bend.
I do not have access to means to heat something that long.
I guess I never thought a muffler shop could handle that heavy of pipe.
I will call some.
Jeff
If it aint broke, fix it till it is.
