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Bending aluminum tubing.

09-03-2008, 10:28 PM

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The patriot

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Bending aluminum tubing.

OK. I'm running the WVO but I really should be warming it.
I bought some of this stuff:
"5177K53 1 Each Easy-bend Aluminum Tubing, 5/8" Od, .555" Id, .035" Wall Thk, 25’ Coil"
and need to know what's the best way to bend it. It's supposed to be "hand bendable" but I gotta tell ya, it's pretty dam stiff stuff.
I need to make a tube to run into my 60 gal transfer flow. It has to fit through the sender hole, which is about 3" dia. Well, it dont have to, but I really dont want to drill holes in my tank. I dont mind drilling a couple holes in the sender plate.

I'd like it to be a coil in the bottom of the tank, but I know that's a bit unreasonable. A simple "L" shape should be fine.
TIA
Eric

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