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03-05-2007, 11:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: northern utah
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|  bending and welding tubing?
i picked up some 5/32 piano wire today to make some stuff for my scale project, just wondering what you guys use to bend you pipe so smooth? just brake line benders? and what the easiest way to weld it? just tack it with a mig or braze it? thanks guys
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03-06-2007, 03:54 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: ...
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yup, braze it, and get a brakeline bender  |
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03-06-2007, 09:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: northern utah
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ok sweet, what do you guys use to heat it up, little torches?
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03-06-2007, 09:50 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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from what i have gathered and the general concensus is mapp gas. they sell it at wal mart if im not mistaken
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03-08-2007, 05:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: capon bridge
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Or lowe's I use a bernzomatic map gas torch.
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03-08-2007, 05:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: northern utah
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hmm ok cool, i think ill give it a shot! it may turn out ugly this first time!
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03-08-2007, 05:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rats nest Grafton ND
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Oh, don't forget the Harris Safety Silv 56 for brazing. Get the kit that has the Flux paste and the coiled solder/brazing material.
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03-08-2007, 05:42 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Washougal
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just make sure you don't buy the mapp gas kit, as the torch puts out way to big of a flame. Just get the bottle and an adjustable head for a propane bottle. Works GREAT!
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03-08-2007, 08:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northampton
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Did you know you can also fill the tuber (if that's what youre using cap off the ends and bend the tueb. The sane inside will prevent it from kinking....Just an old trick we used years ago
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03-09-2007, 10:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NORTH TEXAS
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dont try to bend piano wire with a tubeing bender, it will snap. piano wire is spring steel! you will need to aneel(sp) it first, in other words you will need to make it soft before you try to bend it. put it in a vice and bend it with a hammer (the only way you will be able to) it will crack at the bend. Last edited by ON THE FARM; 03-09-2007 at 10:24 PM. |
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03-10-2007, 06:41 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st. louis
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5/32 dia piano wire will bend in your hand nice and easy, go slow with a tube bender and you will be fine. practice with scrap first; thats always a good bet.
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03-17-2007, 10:42 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mountain State!
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03-26-2007, 12:46 PM
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03-26-2007, 12:49 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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I use MAP and PRO with the hose "kit" from HD. Never had any issue with the torch producing too big of a flame.
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03-26-2007, 06:54 PM
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| I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL
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mapp gas here.
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03-27-2007, 10:30 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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Thanks guys for the help!  |
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