Hi lads.
In the attachment is a little sketch of a piece of hand rail I need to make. Its sch 10 2 inch stainless.
I don’t have a tubing bender so I want to make a jig to bend the pipe.
I tell you my idea to see if I am on the right track, if not please give your opinions and ideas sketches would be nice as I am getting retarded lately and really pictures work for this poor old pipe welder.
I was going to weld little nipples on a flat piece of plate as the radius dies, then get a porta-power (hydraulic ram) lay it on its side and push the pipe around the nipples.
If the nipples did not work I can machine a die as I have a lathe or go to the scrappie and see what’s laying around in the form of old rail rollers etc.
I really want a nice bend don’t want little ripples or nasty stretch marks left on the pipe.
I really just want a bending jig for pipe and it would be nice if in the design I could bend larger or smaller pipe, don’t want to spend hard earned cash on a bender. Im cheap that’s how I roll.
Thanks in advance. Anthony.