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| John-Som:
Nice one Jason ! Wifey would not be a happy camper with splats of solder over the lounge ceiling. John |
| Bogstandard:
John, Sorry about the bit of ribbing, but unless you can laugh about it, sometimes you could cry. But joking aside, what is the tubing for? Could the item be made from something a little easier to bend? I do have some easy to make bender plans that can take up to 1/4", in fact up to say 3/8", it just depends if you have a milling cutter of exactly the right size of the material you want to bend, to cut the half round formers on the mill using a spindexer or RT. You are quite welcome to have a copy. John |
| John-Som:
John I'm after making a swept exhaust for my Upshur vertical 4 stroke instead of the sticky out one show on the plan. Rather than use copper brake line I was pondering on the idea of using thin wall 1/4" steel tubing but you know me John I do get these silly ideas sometimes. I was even thinking of having it chrome plated. John |
| Bogstandard:
John, Use copper instead, easier to bend, and have that chrome plated, or even electroless bright nickel (only a fraction of the cost), it will look almost exactly the same. 1/4" copper would be able to be bent between your fingers, after annealing it whenever it starts to harden up. John |
| 75Plus:
What about this one John? It is 1/4" OD X 3/16" ID and is stainless steel. Bent with a spring bender and ran past the buffer. If you think you can use it PM me an addy to mail it to. Joe |
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