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31st July 2015, 11:59 AM #1
bending Gal. pipe - how to
Hi I have this project . I am making a canvas frame for my little 1940 chevy military truck. I restored this truck many years ago, and never got around to making the frame for it . The frame is 3/4"gal pipe with a OD of just over 1" . A fellow Chevy owner sent me these pics of the frame . Does anyone have any ideas, tips on how to bend the corners to a 6"radius ? Maybe I need to make a jig . there are 3 bows to make . The folding legs on the side are for removing the frame and setting it up on the ground as a shelter . Thanks Mike. PS the chap who has this frame lives in Canada ..hence the white stuff
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31st July 2015, 12:30 PM #2Senior Member
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Galv Pipe
Um, a pipe bender.
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31st July 2015, 12:46 PM #3
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31st July 2015, 01:17 PM #4Pink 10EE owner
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That is caused by at least two things.... A mandrel that does not support the sides of the pipe very well, and/or using thin pipe... In my experience with convention benders usually anything thinner then blue band (medium) is generally prone to kinking...
I think the best way to proceed would be to find a pipe bending place, get them to bend up a heap of bends, to which you weld the straight sections...
Bending pipe and ending up with the right dimensions can be difficult and create a lot of scrap.. As when you make a bend the pipe grows, and how much it grows depends on a lot of variables...Light red, the colour of choice for the discerning man.
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I used to bend a lot of pipe by hand in that bender, arms like bowling pins, make sure to give the other arm a turn. Used to make a lot of side rails and other types of bar work.
The way I used to measure for a 90 degree bend, was to measure overall distance required, find the centre measurement of the pipe, halve the distance minus the pipe diameter and that mark is the centre of the die.
The problem lies in the dies being made for pipe in imperial sizes. The way I got around it was to make a shim half the difference between the pipe and the die. For example 23.3 - 20 = 3.2 /2 = 1.6., 3/4 pipe OD 20 mm, pipe die 23.2 mm. use a piece of 1.6 thick steel sheet approx 50 mm wide and the length of dies outside radius. Insert between the pipe and die, pump away, it may take several pipes on the die spacer to get it right. If you have an oxy set, heating the spacer helps too. Have found that warming/annealing black pipe, till the outside COATING turns white helps also.
The correct size dies can be purchased from places like H&F, for pipe dies to fit the BULLDOZER, a bar/pipe bending machine made in NZ, pretty sure their dies are for metric pipes, I had one about 12 years ago.
Order Code: P508
BZ-P20 - Round Pipe Former
20mm
Suits Bulldozer
ex GST
inc GST
$79.00Hope this is of some help, to those that suffer the same problem. They have other sizes available also.
$86.90
Kryn
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31st July 2015, 07:13 PM #7
Ok
ok SOME GOOD IDEAS THERE.
Seems that having the correct mandrel is the secret to achieving good quality bends
Thanks
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31st July 2015, 09:02 PM #8
The correct mandrels are absolutely essential. You can hire hydraulic benders from some of the hire places, similar to this one which handle pipe from 12 to 50mm. I also strongly agree with the notion of making bends and then doing a cut and weld to form accurate frames. However you can determine bend gain empirically by cutting a sample of pipe that is big enough to bend and measuring its length, bend it , and measure the projected length of each arm after bending. The difference between cut length and the sum of the projected length is the gain, which is then factored in for each bend. We used to be able to bend tube into a rectangular loop to an accuraccy of 0.5mm for furniture frames using this technique.
I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.
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31st July 2015, 09:50 PM #9Senior Member
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Last time I took some bits to Glennsam for tig weld. He has quite a lot of benders in the shop and making handrails for living. Maybe give him a call to see if he could help? His name is Jeff.
039768 2400 - 473 Hammond rd, Dandenong South
ps: found his website http://www.glennsam.com.au/
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