From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 14:35:13 PDT
Eric,
Harbor Freight sells a bender that works ok for water pipe, galvanized,
black or heavy wall Electrical Conduit. I bought one a year or two ago and
it will bend up to 2". It was less than $100, in fact I think it was $79
on sale. I haven't done any 2" pipe with it, but I have done 1". It comes
with dies for 1/2" through 2". They also sell another one which I believe
goes up to 2 1/2 or 3". I believe it is about $200. That is for what is
called schedule 40 pipe, which is normal water and gas pipe you can find at
Home Depot, etc. They also make heavier pipe, which is known as Schedule
80 and 160. The outside diameter stays the same but the wall of the pipe
gets heavier with the larger number. If you are looking for cheap pipe,
visit a junk yard and ask for the size you want and tell them you want
clean pipe. (No chemical residue inside) 20 cents per pound is pretty
common in the midwest. Keep in mind that you can't bend light wall tubing
(like muffler pipe) in such a bender without doing some tricks, like
filling the tube with sand, etc. The gear to bend light gauge tube gets
expensive fast. But if you have an arc welder, (stick), then you will have
a tough time welding muffler pipe with it anyhow unless you are really good
as burn throughs are really easy on muffler pipe with a stick welder.
Watch out for welding galvanized. When you weld it the first thing that
happens is that the zinc burns off and the gases that result are pretty
nasty on your lungs. (I unfortunately know this from experience) If you
go with galvinized, grind off what you can first, then wear a cartridge
respirator while welding. They make cartridges just for welding.
Personally I think I would use black iron pipe, and then just put some good
paint on it. Also, paint doesn't stick well to galvanized pipe.
Dave
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:18:23 -0500, Eric (Home) <shadow@vci.net> wrote:
>
> I am looking at the possibility of bending my own pipe to make a custom
> front bumper for a CJ2A and was wondering who might make a pipe bender I
> could buy on my TIGHT (squeaks) budget? Model, price, and supplier if
> possible, gracias!
>
> I have no idea what diameter of pipe I need to bend but I figure 1" or
> so?
> I don't want a HUGE hulking bumper, just something that'll protect my
> Sasgen-Derrick (sw?) pto winch. I have a arc welder so I figured with a
> bender I could fab something up.
>
> Also, when I go around looking for tubing what kinda business do I goto
> and
> what is the trade term for that tubing?
>
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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-- Dave
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