Nickeldeposit
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So for those of you that have built your own wort chiller what did you use to make nice tight bend in the tubing?
wort chiller "bends"
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boo boo
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I rolled mine around a cornie keg to make the bends.
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Nickeldeposit
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Yeah, I mean the return and supply run. But your right kegs work great.
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I made an immersion chiller really fast yesterday and I used a piece of 4" pvc pipe for the bends that go up.
Edit: I used 3/8 OD copper tubing. What are you using?
Edit: I used 3/8 OD copper tubing. What are you using?
boo boo
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I made mine by using fitting to make a 90 degree bend and soldering them with lead free solder. This is attached to a QD for each end.
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Nickeldeposit
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I'm going with 3/8" or 1/2". Did the tubing bend nicly around the 4" pvc without kinking?
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Yes it bent pretty nice. I have bent 1/2" soft copper around 4" as well.
This is the 3/8" at the bend.
This is the 1/2". This is another project. You can see that it flattened out. The outer coil is the 1/2".
This is the 3/8" at the bend.
This is the 1/2". This is another project. You can see that it flattened out. The outer coil is the 1/2".
You can use a tubing bender to get fairly tight curves w/out kinking the tubing, like the ones here: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
That's what I used when I made my immersion chiller. I've also heard you can make tight bends by filling the tubing w/ sand first.
That's what I used when I made my immersion chiller. I've also heard you can make tight bends by filling the tubing w/ sand first.
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Nickeldeposit
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Dont those just bend near the ends of pipe? Can you slide them down the pipe and use them anywhere?
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Nickeldeposit
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I dont really see filling the tube as a real option. It just sounds like a mess and a pain in the as$. But is do like the HD bender option. How well do they work, how tight can you go before criping?
jason.mundy
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I found a video of one being used to bend some pipe.
http://www.micromark.com/html_pages/clips/60360-tube-bender-2.wmv
http://www.micromark.com/html_pages/clips/60360-tube-bender-2.wmv
BrewNinja1
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I used a spring bender I picked up from Menards. Cost around $2 and its in the plumping section. I just stuck that on, then took a corny keg and bent it around it. Worked out really well. You just keep sliding it up as your working.
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Nickeldeposit
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Yeah I've done it around kegs with great success and soldered the 90's on. Looking to make one with just bends, I'll give the spring bender a try.
Marsdude
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A spring bender is the way to go. They are cheap and work well. If you are using 3/8 copper you really don't need a bender for making the coil, just for the bends for your supply and return runs.
klyph
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Tubing benders are very handy, but soldering elbows is cheaper if you're only doing a couple.
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Nickeldeposit
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I've done the soldering, I'm going to give it a try with the bender.
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