Art & Inspiration There! I fixed the damn thing.

That was the idea I like the curly coils!

Larry

 

I’ve got special hangers on my shop pegboard for all my failed attempts!! Mangled fuel and brake lines I think I can reuse on another project “someday”.

 

I use these-
https://www.amazon.com/BTSHUB-Degre...8&psc=1&mcid=2e7c50e7b3a532baa4de3ac71c8b7059

I have a couple of the cheaper benders around, a few different styles, but these seem to do the best. But they don’t work any better than the fool using them!

 

I like making up hard lines, and getting them looking good. But it seems like occasionally I get one that's absolutely perfect for me, and then realize I forgot to slip the tubing nut over the line.

 

No I picked up the fittings from them. Bender is a standard off the shelf one. Fittings are standard jic, and they require a flair. A hydraulic shop has them all

 

Alan, your not paying attention

 

Looks good from my house..

 

Lacking a tube bender, try filling the tube with fine sand and bend it around an appropriately sized piece of pipe or rod. I just use 60 grit sand that I use in the sand blaster. Try it, it works nicely. After bending, don't forget to clean out the inside. Blow it out with air, then run soap and water through it and blow it out again.

 

Lots of information here if anyone dares to dip into the world of jic fittings
https://www.worldwidefittings.com/***ets/1/6/World_Wide_Fittings_Catalog_-_body.pdf

 

That’s what I thought too, but I couldn’t get the look I was aiming for

 

Yep much better with hard lines.
Dan

 

Been there - Done That!

 

I used the tubing bender by ECI Engineering. A little pricey, but if you are doing a lot of bends and need to copy a line, it is worth it in my opinion.

 

Oh, you mean the Oklahoma knurling tool.....

 

Easy to work with. I won’t use anything else now.

 

Yep, CuNiFer is the way to go!