Tubing bender

[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
Tubing bender

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

Here's all the bits assembled and ready to go
Tubing bender

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

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

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.

Cheers 

Don

[Stilldrillin]

Nice workmanship there Joe! 

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

[Joe d]

Don:  Only made the 4 sizes that I need immediately, but certainly can whip up any others pretty quickly as required.

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

David D

David:  I've got nothing against quick bodges....  sure enough make scads of them myself (usually some really questionable work-holding thingymabob for the mill or the rotary table... mostly they work out, once in a while I get to make another piece as well as another bodged up work holder!)

Bernd:  Thanks.  Off topic: aren't you supposed to be building a kitchen?  (If you toss some of that cherry in the St Lawrence, I could fish it out when it floats by Montreal...... I'd happily send you some more newspaper in return )

Thanks Dean,

Joe

[Brass_Machine]

That's a nice piece of work you got there Joe!

 

Eric

[Topos]

Thank you for teaching me a useful technique ... especially making one's own forming tool.
Inspiring.

Best wishes.

[Joe d]

Topos

You're welcome, most of what I know about this game I've learned from various internet fora, I've found lots of people are willing to share their knowledge. (And a damned good thing that is! )

Cheers, Joe

[J. Tranter]

Nice work. Where did you find the plans for this?

John T.

[Joe d]

John

Thanks.  Got the plans from George Britnell, he posts here sometimes, and on HMEM.

Joe

[gbritnell]

Nice work Joe. I have one just like it!!! If anyone wants a PDF of the drawing just drop me a line at: gbritnell@yahoo.com
George D. Britnell