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Nice! You use that bad boy (50' of 1/2") yet?

Nice job! I assume you are at work in those pics.

Nice clean looking job.

one thing i've never been too clear on - how do you bend the bottom piece up thru the middle?

Just make a 90° bend.

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CorneliusAlphonse wrote:one thing i've never been too clear on - how do you bend the bottom piece up thru the middle?

Very carefully, you don't want to kink it at that point. A tubing bender does a great job, I wish I had one when I made mine.
I just formed the bend by hand and ended up with a slight kink that really don't hurt it.

You make yours yet?

Tony L wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:one thing i've never been too clear on - how do you bend the bottom piece up thru the middle?

Very carefully, you don't want to kink it at that point. A tubing bender does a great job, I wish I had one when I made mine.
I just formed the bend by hand and ended up with a slight kink that really don't hurt it.

You make yours yet?

very soon, tomorrow hopefully!

ive also read about filling it with salt to help prevent kinks.

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:

Tony L wrote:

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:one thing i've never been too clear on - how do you bend the bottom piece up thru the middle?

Very carefully, you don't want to kink it at that point. A tubing bender does a great job, I wish I had one when I made mine.
I just formed the bend by hand and ended up with a slight kink that really don't hurt it.

You make yours yet?

very soon, tomorrow hopefully!

ive also read about filling it with salt to help prevent kinks.

Know any plumbers? They would have the Bender to do it and would only take a minute.

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Or cut it and solder a 90 degree joint in and use rigid tubing for the vertical pieces. It makes for a nice clean looking build.

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RubberToe wrote:Or cut it and solder a 90 degree joint in and use rigid tubing for the vertical pieces. It makes for a nice clean looking build.

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Word. That's how I'd be doing it if I was making one.

tube bending is child's play

The experienced guys there said to fill it with sand and then bend it. We didn't do that though, we just went slowly. The other guy had some experience with it.

Nice work Pete! When are you christening it?

hogie wrote:Nice work Pete! When are you christening it?

Either Saturday or Sunday morning with this: http://hopville.com/recipe/1670323" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

pvanberk wrote:The experienced guys there said to fill it with sand and then bend it. We didn't do that though, we just went slowly. The other guy had some experience with it.

Yeah, try filling a 3/8 tube with sand and getting it out after. It wouldn't be easy I think.
I just went slow and carefully bent mine by hand. I did have a slight kink, but it don't take away from performance

Tony L wrote:

pvanberk wrote:The experienced guys there said to fill it with sand and then bend it. We didn't do that though, we just went slowly. The other guy had some experience with it.

Yeah, try filling a 3/8 tube with sand and getting it out after. It wouldn't be easy I think.
I just went slow and carefully bent mine by hand. I did have a slight kink, but it don't take away from performance

haha that's why i thought salt, it'll dissolve if nothing else

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: haha that's why i thought salt, it'll dissolve if nothing else

Now, that's thinking.
Yes salt or sugar should work, and it's not like you need a whole lot of it to do the job.

Tony L wrote:

pvanberk wrote:The experienced guys there said to fill it with sand and then bend it. We didn't do that though, we just went slowly. The other guy had some experience with it.

Yeah, try filling a 3/8 tube with sand and getting it out after. It wouldn't be easy I think.
I just went slow and carefully bent mine by hand. I did have a slight kink, but it don't take away from performance

Haha, i suppose it's easy to recommend sand when your in a fabrication shop that has all the tools and materials...

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Haha, i suppose it's easy to recommend sand when your in a fabrication shop that has all the tools and materials...[/quote]

Very true.
A little while after I made my chiller, I bought a new flaring tool set that came with spring benders. Would have been so easy....