[TheForge] filling pipe with sand to bend

[Jerry Frost]

I've only seen it done a few times on logging sites. No, I wasn't logging, 
we were drilling proposed road/bridge/quarry sites but it was something to 
watch. Yeah, the cable and pipe was probably pretty close in size, I didn't 
get close at all, seemed kind of dangerous to be anywhere in the 
neighborhood. I think the tightest radius they bent was around 20" and it 
looked pretty good.

Jer
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From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] filling pipe with sand to bend


> Cool Jerry.
> But by gosh, you are talking about really big cable!
> I tried it once with 1 1/2" copper pipe, trying for too small a radius 
> over an inadequate form,
> with just 1" cable...and the result was ugly.
>