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Re: Steam bending
By:Dick Gamble
Date: 3/29/2001, 2:19 pm
In Response To: Steam bending (Kent LeBoutillier)

Kent:
PVC pipe does distort in the steam heat, but judicious positioning of supports is all it takes to not care. Give it a little pitch and place a condensate collection cup under the low end.

Dick

: Hi All,
: A while back Dick Gamble posted some info on steam bending. And a response
: from Rob Macks (I think) got me to Lee Valley for an electric steam
: kettle. I got it in the mail yesterday, along with a booklet on steam
: bending and promptly tried it out. I decided to give the soaking bit a try
: and found that as Lee Valley stated, it doesn't work. I broke both pieces
: I soaked. I was successful on the next several pieces and am happy to say
: that the kettle and steam box works great. I only had one problem, I found
: that steam bends PVC pipe real good as well. I'll have to replace it with
: galvanized pipe before my next bending project. I'd post a pic but
: Geocities won't let me

Messages In This Thread

Steam bending
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/29/2001, 12:03 pm
Re: Steam bending
Arthur -- 3/30/2001, 3:59 am
Re: Steam bending *Pic*
Rehd -- 3/30/2001, 1:46 am
Re: CPVC and Hot Air
Spidey -- 3/29/2001, 10:57 pm
Re: CPVC and Hot Air
Dean G. -- 3/31/2001, 10:06 am
Re: Steaming and Hot air guns
Shawn Baker -- 3/30/2001, 3:52 pm
Re: Steaming and Hot air guns
Spidey -- 3/30/2001, 6:53 pm
What type of heat gun?
Steve -- 4/3/2001, 10:31 am
Re: What type of heat gun?
John Monfoe -- 4/4/2001, 5:27 am
Re: Steam bending
marc leclerc -- 3/29/2001, 10:57 pm
Re: Steam bending
Dick Gamble -- 3/29/2001, 2:19 pm
Re: Steam bending
Dean G. -- 3/29/2001, 4:10 pm
Re: Steam bending
Steve Lein -- 3/29/2001, 1:51 pm
Getting bent *Pic*
Bill Price -- 3/29/2001, 3:37 pm
Re: Steam bending
Rob Macks -- 3/29/2001, 3:07 pm
Re: Steam bending
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/29/2001, 2:01 pm
Re: Steam bending
Elliott -- 3/29/2001, 1:41 pm