2007-03-31 10:16:59 · 10 answers · asked by tiger 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
It depends on the pipe material, 1/2" rigid or aluminum is bent with a 3/4" EMT bender. If you plan on doing a lot of bending get a good Ideal Bender.
2007-03-31 10:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by sniffels323 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a 1/2" pipe bender is the easiest.
2007-03-31 17:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by ©2009 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/2 inch i.d. steel pipe? You don't, you use fittings for direction changes. Bending plumbing pipe causes weakness in the structure. You do not want that. 1/2inch conduit or copper pipe can be bent with a pipe bender sold in hardware stores.
2007-03-31 17:27:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a pipe-bender... my husband does this...I think it involves a strong flexible insert and you put the whole caboodle into a stretching frame....does it all safely, with the metal safely protected inside and out
I think you get this from a proper builders' merchants' stores, and it's the kind of investment-gadget which creates man-bond friendships up and down the street, just the same as drain-rods, extending ladders, trailers for taking stuff to the dump, and wheel-hub pullers.
2007-03-31 17:25:04 · answer #4 · answered by Gardener 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a workdhop and ask them to bend it for you. They normally have pipe benders that do the job.
2007-03-31 17:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the pipe in a Vise and bend it using a wrench
2007-03-31 17:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Sawyers girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a pipe bender
2007-03-31 17:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a pipe bender should do a good job.
2007-03-31 19:13:13 · answer #8 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how to bend 1/2 inch pipe? ..........em.........sounds GAY!
2007-03-31 17:20:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hit it on your head untill it bends but if not your screwed
2007-03-31 17:20:20 · answer #10 · answered by zetetic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋