How to bend a pipe without a pipe bender: a simple method for bending a pipe without creases

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Every home craftsman has always had a problem in everyday life - how to bend a metal pipe without breaking it? Of course, this problem is easily solved if the farm has a special machine or pipe bender. But very often there is no such equipment, and it is not economically profitable to buy it to perform one-time work. In our article, we will tell you how to bend a metal pipe without special devices, avoiding creases.

Content:

Work materials
- Step 1. Fill the pipe with sand
- Step 2. Bend the pipe
  - How to bend a pipe without a pipe bender

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Materials for work

In order to bend the pipe, you will need:

a wooden branch of a suitable diameter;
saw;
knife or ax;
hammer;
sand;
gas burner or blowtorch.

Step 1. Fill the pipe with sand

We saw off two blanks from a wooden branch or bar and sharpen the pegs so that they fit snugly into the pipe.

We hammer a peg into the pipe from one side.

Do not drive the peg all the way into the pipe, leave a part outside so that there is something to pull it back out.

Fill the pipe with sand through the second edge. If the pipe is small and sand is not at hand, you can, as in the example, use cat litter.

To speed up the filling process, you can use a funnel.

Having filled the pipe completely, we also hammer a peg on the second side.

Step 2. Bend the pipe

We heat the bend on the gas burner.

For heating, you can use a blowtorch or other heating device.

We bend the pipe, taking it by both edges with our hands and resting the place of the bend on some support (in the example, a round timber clamped in a vice).

Use protective gloves to avoid burning your hands.

Due to the fact that we have heated the bend, the pipe bends easily, and the sand inside it will not allow a crease to form at the bend. It remains only to remove the plugs and pour out the sand, and you can use the curved pipe for its intended purpose.