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Joe d:
Hi

I need a tubing bender for the exhaust, fuel, and coolant pipes on the Snow tandem that I'm building, so I got busy and made one according to the plans drawn up by George Britnell.

Started by turning some drill rod to the diameter of the tube, (four times, as I've got four different sizes of tubing to deal with) then used a ball turning device to form the radius on the end of the pieces, then to the mill to remove half of the material


hardened, and a lick on the grinder, and then into a purpose-built tool holder, and here's one cutting a forming die


Here's all the bits assembled and ready to go


And here's the set of dies, the bender, and a test piece


This thing works a treat, thanks George! Great design work. :thumbup:

No more excuses, will be getting back to the Snow now....

Cheers, Joe

dsquire:
Joe

That is a great looking set of dies and tube bender setup. I'm sure that George will be impressed how you followed his design. I am sure that you now have most of the sizes covered but if another size is needed it will not take you long to make a new size. :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Stilldrillin:
Nice workmanship there Joe!  :thumbup:

It puts my quick bodge to shame........

David D

Bernd:
Nice write up Joe.

Like the way your supporting that piece of work to keep it from chattering.

Bernd

Dean W:
That came off really nice, Joe. 
You do good work!

Dean

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