The soft stuff doesn't seem to be available in a large enough diameter for what I need. I've got little to lose by trying - worst case scenario is that it cracks before it bends as far as I need it to.
The soft stuff doesn't seem to be available in a large enough diameter for what I need. I've got little to lose by trying - worst case scenario is that it cracks before it bends as far as I need it to.
Any time I have tried to bend copper pipe with heat, it kinked. Not sure if too much or not enough heat. Never tried it with sand or ice.
JBasham said:I would use something whereI could somehow form up the ends with a ridge that I can slide the flexible tube over and clamp behind, so I don't blow the line off. I'm not a lucky guy.
Dangit; I can't recall where I've seen it, but I've heard of/read of/seen a DIY tool that consisted of a slug that fits in the tubing, with a perpendicular hole that a BB sits in, and a parallel to-tube hole for a bolt. That bolt has its end tapered so that as you tighten it, it pushes the BB outward. Start with firm contact, rotate the slug, tighten the bolt to push the BB a little further out, rotate the slug again. Repeat 'til you have a ridge.
Well this whole discussion may be moot. I was looking at the existing straight pipe and considering how to proceed when I spied an unused threaded boss in the block (M6, as it happens). I had some conduit clamps lying around from a previous project, the U-shaped sort with a bolt hole at the bottom and a screw perpendicular across the top of the legs, so on a whim I bolted it up and lo and behold it puts the existing pipe in a nice secure position not contacting anything else. I think I'm calling this job done at this point - path of least resistance and all. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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