In a message dated 5/19/2004 4:54:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
geneglenn@qwest.net writes:
If you want to do it right go to Aircraft Spruce & Specialty, or, better
yet, Rigid Tools, www.rigid.com and get their 1/4 inch lever tube
bender. I'll bet you collapse the inner radius the first six or seven
times you try to bend it over a mandrel by hand
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No offense, but I've been doing it this way off and on for over 30 years and
haven't botched a job yet. ;-)
Maybe I oversimplified the process in my original statement, but it's not
rocket science, either.
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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