a master right there, great post ZT. rep upIf you have a 3" Center Line Radius Die and you bend a 180* hoop in 1" tube, then you will have an approximate inside measurement of 5" between the tubes.
3" CLR is a 6" diameter, so a 180* bend in the tube would be 6" on center, minus 1/2" on each side for the tube to get the inside measurement of 5", not 2".
BigJim is asking for a 1" tube on a 2" radius which would be a 4" diameter, on center, when bent to 180*. That would approximately leave a 3" opening.
You also have to take into account the calibrated radius for material stretch and any variances in the physical die size so you will probably end up with an opening around 3.25".
A 4" CLR will leave you a 7" opening using 1" tubeHmmm...We did some math wrong somewhere A 4" radius would have left us a 3" opening
Thats basicly what I am going to do now....I was just looking for something you dont see much ofSomething like this is out of the question?
youre a pain in the ass biggjim... when you are ready to do some gangster ish to that rhino hit me up.
looks like how i did mine. clean and simpleSomething like this is out of the question?
If you don't mind me asking. What bender do you guys use?in 1" tubing our mandrel bender can do 2", 2.5" and 3" and our ercolina can do a 4" lemme know what you need give us a call
I'll give my fab guy a call...if he hasnt started on it I'll be getting in touch with youin 1" tubing our mandrel bender can do 2", 2.5" and 3" and our ercolina can do a 4" lemme know what you need give us a call
we have 4 benders :If you don't mind me asking. What bender do you guys use?