Aluminum Tubing - Bending Question

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Postby Micro469 » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:31 pm

Juneaudave wrote:I used 3/4 electrical conduit.


Isn't that hard to weld???
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Postby ARKPAT » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:28 pm

You can use aluminum rigid conduit and tread it and bend it as same as steel. Sometimes you can find at scrap yards before they melt-it-down to a cube.

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Another thought and stout stuff but light in weight ( used in chicken processing plants alot ). :thinking:

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Postby Shadow Catcher » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:42 am

You may be able to rent or buy a Conduit bender.
e.g. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NBDTN
You may want to consider using ridged conduit and fittings it may well look neater, from experience it is difficult to get it exactly right with out some practice.
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Postby Juneaudave » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:08 am

Micro469 wrote:
Juneaudave wrote:I used 3/4 electrical conduit.


Isn't that hard to weld???


Troublemaker!!!! I don't want to go there again and for the record, I do not endorse welding, fabrication, cutting, soldering, painting, storing, touching or even looking at, emt!!!
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Postby alffink » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:23 am

EMT is good for some things....
works great for supports for banners....I still need to make a smaller version for my TearJerker banner

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