A GREAT, new tool (hr)

Cosmo

the utimate heat tranfer Hot Rod, but the only thing to work out is the bends where the tubing crosses joists......maybe some soft copper for these connections? Oh no, there is a black helicopter marked PEX flying around outside!!!!

Casmo
Dependable P.H.C. Inc.

hr

Saw it at ISH and had to have one. My next two jobs I hope to plumb without fittings! Using this REMS CURVO and my T-drill.

So far I have bent copper up to 1" and black up to 3/4" It will do stainless also. A 1-1/4" die would be a nice addition. Plenty of power to handle it. I have some great towel bar and panel radiator designs dancing in my head.

I need Gary USA to show me the math for back to back and offset bends! May need to go to the junk yard and buy back some scrap copper to practice on.

hot rod

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Steve Ebels

Where did

You buy it ? Local wholesaler or on the web?

Terry_2

How much does it cost?

Mike Kraft

Hey Hot Rod

Have you bent pipe before with any other tools?I'm guessing any CU you're bending is soft?How many "heads" are included and what sizes?Would you be so kind as to letting me know how much for that toy:)And BTW your buffer setup is too cool.you have a gift my freind and clients who recognize it...........make that two gifts!Merry Christmas and good for you.

cheese

PS see if you can find any CU MAN's that are making BT CU pipe.You would love it compared to working with coils.

hr

Thanks Cheese

This thing bends regular hard drawn copper! L works better than M, however. The M crinkles a little when you form a 180. This kit is 3/8- 1-1/8".

They have dealers setup, try their website for someone near you. A lot less lettuce than a T-Drill, and probably more versitle. www.muprousa.com

I recall you have some bending knowledge. Shine the light for me so I don't have to spend a day at a muffler shop

hot rod

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Mike Kraft

Seat of the pants............

and a seperate scrap pail in the truck;)With my benders I insert the pipe from right to left.If I want a 90* bend at say 8" I line my 8" mark up with the 90* hash mark.The tool I use has some slop in it so I make sure its ready to bend.Then just keep offsetting center to center.If I'm bending a 45* I referance off the center hash mark if its a 60* bend then I center between 45* and 90* etc.........

cheese

Online Sheriff \"Murph\"

nice peice.......

I can see some radiant copper ceilings coming from that puppy !! retrofit none-the -less, looks as though florescents and conduits will not be a problem !!neat.


murph'

Earthfire

bending dimensions

you might want to try the dimensions from Ideal and Greenlee as found in their instructions for their manual EMT conduit benders. Do the dies have a specific stub deduction number?

Paul Pollets

Pricing

see www.muprousa.com for pricing. Their website has all the tools available in the US. Love their CuINOX tubing cutters. The 13/8" model has a built in custom pipe reamer.

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pfitter_9

Whats...

Whats the distance between legs of a 180 bend? maybe that copper staple up isnt so far fetched. Gland to see someone trying the new stuff to to tell the rest of us about it.

Thanks!

p

hr

4\" -5\"

for 3/8 & 1/2" copper. This would be a nice way to do copper with transfer plates. With a swag tool and an electric solder tool you could prefab all the loops and solder without flame. Hmmmmm!

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hr

Good idea

I'll bet an electrician would have some good tips. I recall seeing some numbers on condiut benders. Nothing on these mandrels.

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Floyd

You can tell...

the men from the boys....

by the price of their toys!!!!! :-)

Have fun with that HR and keep us up to date on your inventions!!!
It's AlWAYS interesting!

Floyd

Steve Ebels

Now what

numbers would you use for figuring flow resistance for a radiaus like that? It's got to be about the same as straight pipe, doesn't it?

hr

Steve

I recall somewhere seeing some data on that. I think possibly Tomas Lenman ran some numbers on multiple 6" radius when calculating radiant loop pressure drops.

As I recall the 6" radius would not present a problem. Hydraulicly speaking, it has to be much better than a short or even long sweep copper 90, I'm guessing.

hot rod

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