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Bongo
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by Bongo » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:23 pm
wetdog wrote:
I called a plumbers merchant who asured me the external spring was easy to use and more effective than the internal...
I second that,i made an IC recently and it worked a treat.
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wetdog
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by wetdog » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:31 pm
cheers bongo, i'll pick one up. getting close now, just need the chiller and the boiler and I'm good to go
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PaulStat
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by PaulStat » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:32 am
Bongo wrote:wetdog wrote:
I called a plumbers merchant who asured me the external spring was easy to use and more effective than the internal...
I second that,i made an IC recently and it worked a treat.
external/internal spring? What's that?
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wetdog
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by wetdog » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:59 am
PaulStat wrote:
external/internal spring? What's that?
when you want to bend copper tubing you can buy a bending spring. basically a spring approx 12-18 inchs long which you insert into the pipe before you bend it to stop it kinking, after the bend you pull the spring out. you can also get a spring which you
insert the pipe into - an external spring
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PaulStat
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by PaulStat » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:33 am
wetdog wrote:PaulStat wrote:
external/internal spring? What's that?
when you want to bend copper tubing you can buy a bending spring. basically a spring approx 12-18 inchs long which you insert into the pipe before you bend it to stop it kinking, after the bend you pull the spring out. you can also get a spring which you
insert the pipe into - an external spring
ahhh ok, cheap?
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wetdog
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by wetdog » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:10 pm
around the £3 area where as a proper plumbers pipe bender starts around £30 - £40 or around £14 for a microbore bender
