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Using a spring to bend pipe?
Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the
spring and bending it? Thanks. |
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"John Doe" wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Are you talking about ductile copper? If so, that's all there is to it. -- Ed Huntress |
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"John Doe" wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. |
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Using a spring to bend pipe?
"Ed Huntress" wrote:
"John Doe" wrote Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Are you talking about ductile copper? If so, that's all there is to it. Less than 1 inch diameter 6061 or "structural" aluminum from McMaster-Carr. Seemed to work okay, I just wanted to avoid crimping or weakening the pipe. It is shaped like the upper rear part of a folding chair, an upside down U. |
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Using a spring to bend pipe?
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"John Doe" wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Wait, what? -- As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin) |
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Using a spring to bend pipe?
On 07/09/2010 07:31 PM, Buerste wrote:
"John wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Are you sure I don't need a left-handed monkey wrench to take it apart if I get it wrong? I think you can fix that with a can of vacuum, too, but I can't remember the details. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Do you need to implement control loops in software? "Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" was written for you. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html |
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Using a spring to bend pipe?
On 7/10/2010 12:54 PM, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote: On 07/09/2010 07:31 PM, Buerste wrote: "John wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Are you sure I don't need a left-handed monkey wrench to take it apart if I get it wrong? I think you can fix that with a can of vacuum, too, but I can't remember the details. I can't seem to locate an MSDS for vacuum. We laugh at "can of vacuum" but if you look under the hood of '76 Lincoln you'll find a coffee can being used as a vacuum reservoir--maintains a pressure low enough to work the headlight covers several times. |
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:54:38 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote the following: Tim Wescott wrote: On 07/09/2010 07:31 PM, Buerste wrote: "John wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Are you sure I don't need a left-handed monkey wrench to take it apart if I get it wrong? I think you can fix that with a can of vacuum, too, but I can't remember the details. I can't seem to locate an MSDS for vacuum. Well, that sucks. -- EXPLETIVE: A balm, usually applied verbally in hindsight, which somehow eases those pains and indignities following our every deficiency in foresight. |
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Larry Jaques wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:54:38 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote the following: Tim Wescott wrote: On 07/09/2010 07:31 PM, Buerste wrote: "John wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Are you sure I don't need a left-handed monkey wrench to take it apart if I get it wrong? I think you can fix that with a can of vacuum, too, but I can't remember the details. I can't seem to locate an MSDS for vacuum. Well, that sucks. Does not! All that stuff outside the can blows! |
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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote in message
... Joe Pfeiffer wrote: "Buerste" writes: "John Doe" wrote in message ... Is there anything to know besides sticking the pipe through the spring and bending it? Thanks. Make sure that the pipe goes in the correct end of the spring. It has to wind CCW from the top. If you get it wrong just turn the spring around. Wait, what? He's just havinga bit of fun. You've got to unwind the spring and wind it the other way around. ;-) Yeah, but you have to have a Langstrom 7 inch wrench to do that. Contrary to popular belief it works on Finley sprinkler heads too. |
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