Phil99vette

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Ok, so here is how it works....The 1/4" ss dowel holds the tube in place, the mandrel with the silver finish is the one that the tube bends around while the one with the gold finish is the one that holds the tube tight against the bending mandrel. I am going to mark off the baseplate in degrees.

smokeum99ta

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How does that work on multiple bends?

Phil99vette

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I bent a couple of lines last night and worked fine, 10x better than my NOS. One bend @ the bottom, one bend in the middle and one bend at the top.

Phil99vette

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I am going to add another 1/4" SS dowel to hold the tubing and allow it to bend in the opposite direction...

smokeum99ta

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Thats cool, I was thinking of going with a direct port setup and would need something like that to bend the lines. I'm not a big fan of the braided lines.

Phil99vette

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I did the first kit with an NOS tubing bender and my fingers and thumbs HURT. You could not bend small lengths of SS with any precision. Maybe the SS I got had thick walls or something. With this bender I can bend SS with one finger very very quickly and with no effort.



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**** your in waldorf, drop me a line if you need help....

cantdrv65

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http://www.swagelok.com/shopping/pro...part=MS-HTB-4T

This is the tubing bender I was referring to....

smokeum99ta

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I was gonna ask but didn't want to invite myself... I'll send you a pm when im ready. Thanks, ken

TwoFast4Lv

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This is the Kind I have used in the past. I have seen a simular setup to Phil's used/sold some where but I can not recall where

Nice Work Phil!

Robert56

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I do, try bending some 3/4" heavy wall tubing with a hand held (weighs 15/20lbs), and this can be a 10' piece with compound angles and many of them. The stuff is tough. Haven't found a hand held yet that'll handle 1" and use a hydraulic bench mount or fittings. kudos on your set-up.
Robert

frknlo

I actually wanna see a video clip of it in action!

cantdrv65

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yeah 3/4" is a bitch....Swagelok handhelds work absolutely awesome all the way up to 1/2" however. 1/4" is absolute cake.

Robert56

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Yea, we use Swagelok, Hylock and By-lock fittings on all our boats, all the way to 1 1/2".
Robert