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Small pipe bender.
« on: December 04, 2022, 02:22:33 am »
Hi,
Might be found interesting and maybe helpful.

Take care Tony.
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Re: Small pipe bender.
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2022, 05:33:57 am »
Interesting, I suppose you can spin them to size if you have and use a lathe.
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Re: Small pipe bender.
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2022, 11:24:39 am »
Hi Jim,

"Interesting, I suppose you can spin them to size if you have and use a lathe."

Yes, there are only three sizes of pipe used in small steam engines: 1/16", 1/8" and 5/32" and I have found that the tightest these pipes can be bent without too much distortion is 5 times their diameter, in the case of the pipe that was bent 5/32" or in my terms 4mm is around a 20 mm profiled disc giving a 10 mm radius.

Take care Tony.
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