Sumner (etal),
Considering the size of oil pressure gauge tubing:
1. I doubt you will find sand fine enough to get into the tubing and then get
out once you have made the bend. This is a good idea when you are
dealing with larger tubing sizes.
2. If you are looking for precise bends, (although I can't imagine that would
be the case with routing an oil pressure gauge line) the socket idea is
good.
3. I have never seen a tubing bender with a small enough mandrel to work with
tubing this small.
Therefore, I stick with my original suggestion of doing it by hand. Unless you
want to make a really severe bend, you will have no problem with
collapsing or kinking of the line. The propensity of tubing to collapse or
kink is directly proportional to the size of the tubing. In other words,
the smaller the tubing, the small the diameter you can bend it to without
having to worry about it collapsing.
Good Luck!
Joe
Sumner Weisman wrote:
>
> Thanks, everybody, for all your good suggestions about bending small tubing.
> You guys are great.
>
> Here is a synopsis of the 12 suggestions I received, for others who may be
> interested.
>
> 1. Use a tubing bender. (5).
>
> 2. Wrap it around a handy form of the correct size.
>
> 3. Bend manually -- no form or bender needed.
>
> 4. Pack it with sand (2). Clean well after!
>
> 5. Wrap around the right size socket. Put extension in a vice.
>
> 6. Slide a slightly larger coil spring over it first. (2).
>
> Sumner Weisman
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