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Old 04-15-2009   #8
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Default Re: Tired of busted vacuum hose (aka spider)

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Originally Posted by A26B View Post
I've bent quite a bit of ss instrument tubing when I worked in a petro chemical plant many moons ago. This is the best type of tubing bender to use. I think a 3/16 od tube bender uses a 5/8" radius, plenty tight for what you are doing. If you have a wholesale tool store or big pawn shop, eBay? around, you might get one on the cheap

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/R.../64518/Cat/649
Jerry:

I've got one of these at my lab. I use it for bending SS and copper tubing for the compressed gasses that are used on our GCMS's (lab equipment).
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/...AND_KEY&F=SPEC
Works great on smaller diameter pipes (1/8 - 1/4).

TomC
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