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NO KINKS with a Harbor Freight pipe bender. Easy to do

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I bought the 12 ton Harbor Freight pipe and tube bender to build go karts and minibikes and whatever else I could think of(Stainless handrail for the stairs?) and spent a few hours with scrap pipe experimenting to find out what worked best. I tried different metals with heat, springs and sand and before learning the trick to nice bends.
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@fixitorstripitGardenmachines 8 месяцев назад

Great advice for anyone who needs to do work like that .

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

👍

@daveharness70 4 месяца назад

I just bought this machine. I have 1.75" pipe to bend....old drill rod, to be used for some rock sliders. I regret not buying the larger unit as it took quite the effort to to bend the pipe to 60 degrees without sand. The bend wasn't too bad, as it is fairly thick wall. I'm going to try sand, but may end up breaking the machine! The 12 Ton unit doesn't have a die for 1.75" pipe, either. Not sure if the larger one does. I used the 1.5"....had to hammer the die off the pipe when I was done.

@GuysPlayingWithTools 4 месяца назад

The tighter die may have made the bend come out better, but you are 100% right about breaking the piston with a bigger die. They put the biggest die the machine can likely handle in with the kit, and sand makes the bend quite a bit harder. I bend mostly 3/4 for go-kart and minibike frame work, and the thinner walls require sand, or they kink all day

@captainkurtm3494 6 месяцев назад

Nice video, good tip.. The smoother bend will most likely last longer and look better too!

@almclean4835 8 месяцев назад

That’s much easier than inserting a spring. well putting the spring i is real easy, getting it back out after bending the pipe is a pain. Sand from now on I think. Thanks Bill. Have a great Christmas

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

I tried springs, but they are still hopelessly stuck in a pipe. 🤣 You just need to band the pipe on the floor one or twice, and the sand shakes loose

@robertmailhos8159 8 месяцев назад

That is a great idea to put in sand to get the proper bend In the pipe I looked up a video on how to blend electrical conduit that is a bit more complicated than people think all though the instructor is cute 🥰

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

I tried a few different things and packed sand worked great and was faster. I haven't tried conduit but it seems like it would work the same way. It's a lot thinner so it should be easier to bend

@robertmailhos8159 8 месяцев назад

@@GuysPlayingWithTools it's easy to bend but some of them are going to be a little bit complicated I'll send you a link to the video on how to bend it

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@@robertmailhos8159 cool

@robertmailhos8159 8 месяцев назад

@@GuysPlayingWithTools 😎👍👍😎

@barryewalt3250 8 месяцев назад

The sand worked good Bill👍

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

The difference was surprising. 👍

@barryewalt3250 8 месяцев назад

@@GuysPlayingWithTools Yes it was for sure

@jarnosaarinen4583 20 дней назад

If you can fill the pipe with water, block each end & freeze it! Way better

@GuysPlayingWithTools 20 дней назад

That sounds interesting, but I don't have a freezer outside the one in the kitchen, and it's not very long 🙂

@johnanthony2545 8 месяцев назад

I’ve viewed this technique before but haven’t had opportunity to use it yet. Nice job.

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

I tried a few things I found and this worked well and was also the easiest... win win

@johnanthony2545 8 месяцев назад

@@GuysPlayingWithTools I have the same bender. Was my dads so older but still works. Haven’t a clue why he bought it. Quite a work out for even a small task. I’ve been trying to figure out how to install a trigger 😆

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@johnanthony2545 I am planning a guard rail, a couple go karts and a minibike. I am going to wear mine out😁

@raymundocarlos5790 6 месяцев назад

good idea ...thanks ..

@Big_Johns 8 месяцев назад

It turned out nice Bill, looks like you've packed a pipe or two in your time. 🤣👍

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

Hey now 😐🤣🤣 It works really good, you don't want to see everything I tried before I got to that point...

@Big_Johns 8 месяцев назад

🤣👍🤣 Renaldo probably packed a few pipes too.... you know, for his glaucoma and all. 😲😎

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@Big_Johns With the motion needed to pack the sand, I was expecting a completely different line of humor. While I was doing it, I was thinking, "Man, I am really settling myself up for it this time" 🤣

@deanhedin1615 День назад

How about thin wall 1" 304 stainless exhaust tubing?

@GuysPlayingWithTools День назад

I don't work with stainless much. I would suggest trying it out on an end or a leftover piece first. The sand will distribute the bend pretty well, but a little heat might be called for with stainless. It can be unforgiving.

@mr1pearl 8 месяцев назад

At first I thought yeh right the tape is gonna give way that will never work wow that is awesome I want to try ( he said with hand raised , like a little kid 👦 ) hehehehehe !!!!

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

I got it to make go-kart frames from scratch. I tried a lot of things and when I got to trying sand the first try failed, then I packed it with the long screwdriver and it surprised me too.It worked 3 times in a row(ran out of pipe) . 😁

@mackermelchor5212 4 месяца назад

Damn people are serious with this sand filling 😂😂😂 I’m just gonna buy the pipe bender

@GuysPlayingWithTools 4 месяца назад

The sand is the magic. Pipe benders are mostly the same. The cheaper ones get complaints because the user is usually still learning and makes mistakes that the pros don't. I use this bad boy for all sorts of projects, but I learned a while ago how far I can bend without kinks before I have to fill the pipe. 👍

@haneyoakie14 8 месяцев назад

Learn new stuff every day!

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

Never stop learning. 🙂

@DIYVariety 8 месяцев назад

It sure works great , cheers bill

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, it took a bit of experimenting, but the sand works really well

@DIYVariety 8 месяцев назад

@GuysPlayingWithTools yeah they use to do that at my buddies work they used small ball bearing also

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

Sounds like a mandrel bender. That's a bit pricy for my budget.

@DIYVariety 8 месяцев назад

@GuysPlayingWithTools oh come on now bill, dont be shy we all know you got dollars lol

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@heterogeneityrocks1 My wife has it all. 🤣

@emorycoker9302 26 дней назад

I have wanted to try filling a pipe with steel ball bearing and see how it would effect the bend?

@GuysPlayingWithTools 26 дней назад

I like the way you think. On a mandrel bend, they pull a ball through while bending the pipe, but it takes a LOT of force to get it through the pipe. The sand gives a distributed force on the inside of the pipe where smaller bearings wouldn't. You would most likely have a bunch stick inside the pipe against each other.

@emorycoker9302 26 дней назад

@GuysPlayingWithTools You might have some stuck, I thought of that but they should be easy to dislodge?

@GuysPlayingWithTools 26 дней назад

@@emorycoker9302 I am not sure. The 2 things I would think about are then digging into the metal and getting stuck as a bunch and not having even contact with the metal in the bend and allowing sudden kinks. It would be interesting to try it out

@LewisMowersandBoats 8 месяцев назад

Wow, nice work Bill It's not easy to do .... getting the kink not to appear 😊

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

I tried a few things before I found one that worked. Now then, on to building something fun! 😁

@LewisMowersandBoats 8 месяцев назад

@GuysPlayingWithTools can't wait brother 😊

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@LewisMowersandBoats I am out in the shop welding this morning. All fun, nothing practical. Lol

@1.8t5spd Месяц назад

what type of sand did you use, anything special?

@GuysPlayingWithTools Месяц назад

I use playground sand from Lowes. Anything with a good consistency would work well, playground sand seems to come out of the pipe easier when I am done than most others. (It can get pretty stuck and take some banging)

@lewiemcneely9143 8 месяцев назад

I just use galvanized, rebar or pvc and fittings. Maybe some tape or pipe insulation to take the roughness out of the cross piece. I can't afford horror fright like you tropical vacationers. Blessings to yall!

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

This will be a money saver in the long run. I am outfitting the garage for fabrication so I can start building karts and minibikes and whatnot from scratch. The best part is, lots of new tools. 😁

@lewiemcneely9143 8 месяцев назад

New stuff is good. Profit is nice. It got to 50+ here after 31 this morning. It won't last so stay warm and build that stuff. I'll cheer for you!@@GuysPlayingWithTools

@GuysPlayingWithTools 8 месяцев назад

@@lewiemcneely9143 Thanks

@lewiemcneely9143 8 месяцев назад

Sure thing!@@GuysPlayingWithTools

@user-lk2di2ct5c 3 месяца назад

the radious of degree has to bigger and still 90 degree

@GuysPlayingWithTools 3 месяца назад

I agree, a bigger radius is always an easier bend. 👍 When I build a go kart or minibike part I can't always get away with the larger radius and this is how I handle those,

@user-lk2di2ct5c 2 месяца назад

@GuysPlayingWithTools oh I see. Is for create frames

@GuysPlayingWithTools 2 месяца назад

@user-lk2di2ct5c Yes, it is. For frames, you need different bends all over the place, and sometimes you need a really tight one