Tube bending machine

[Angleseyite]

Good old days when work was work  

[Tetley]

i think it was 6" dia 5/16 wall and 6 m length ,s it used to take 4 of us to lift them.... i couldn't even bend down now and pick the flanges up off the floor now.....

best pipe job i had was on the plant fitting making our own steel  hydraulic pipes up ...

great times but crap money in the early 80,s....apart from weekends at a tenner an hour 

[Angleseyite]

Tets I hope you used the seamless pipework and not that ERW stuff, I wouldn't allow that on site.   

[Tetley]

Ang
me and Mick the pipe fitter piped this up ,1982,i think it still works ....

https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2233925?page=1&perPage=8&navList=moreOfThisShip&imo=7816044&lid=679692

[Angleseyite]

Have you tried Keith at metal works or Jon at the back of jumacer .

[Tetley]

ive got the shipyard type thick wall tube bender ,

but you need a tube bender for erw tube which is done with a mandrel ,to stop the pipe from kinking 

suggest an hydraulic shop as this is how they make the hydraulic pipes  have a word here ,they will know somebody local ...ish 

https://comercialmarhuenda.es/

this is the bender you need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rhi9aiVhY

this is the bender most of us have  in the  workshops which you may get away with by packing the tube with sand,depending on wall thickness  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_E2xPIOMHA

[invercone]

Does anyone know a garage or mechanic that has equipment for bending metal tube. I need someone who can bend tubing for a badge bar and a custom exhaust pipe for an old car (I have the tube).
I've tried several local garages and Longo's without success.

Thanks, David