[TheForge] Pipe bending

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

  Wrinkle bending is always amusing.

On 10/20/2010 8:35 AM, Dan Armstrong wrote:
> I need to bend a length of 1 1/4" pipe about 45 degrees as part of a handrailing. Any ideas on how to best do that without access to a Hossfeld or other non-crimping process ?
>
> In the past I necked down and then upset (to create a kind of bubbley effect) and then bent there. It worked and looked interesting. This time when I tried it, and after doing a bunch of other work to the pipe, the necked down part was too tired and a tear started which couldn't be salvaged (I tried).
>
> Thanks for any appropriate info.
>
> Dan A.
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