Help with pipe bending

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Hey all;I got some Schedule 40 1" structural pipe to make handles for my welding cart. I have a conduit bender , and a plumbers torch. That said, any tips on how to make the bends would be appreciated.tanks
Reply:Schedule 40 is pretty heavy stuff for a welding cart. That said, the problem with a conduit bender is it will crush the pipe. See if you can find a racer in town with a roll cage tubing bender. This type of bender works a little different and won't crush the pipe.Also watch out for the seam. Align the seam with the inside radius of the bend or the pipe will split.ScottWelders360.comNew guy.
Reply:All you need is a $99 Harbor Freight pipe bender... I have bent MILES of pipe and thousands of bends with my cheap Harbor Freight bender. I have been using the same bender for over 10 years and its still going strong.... It has payed for itself hunderds  of times over.I have bent everything from gas cylinder carts, hand-rails, to roll cages with the bender. It comes with dies to bend Sch.40/Sch.80 - 1/2" to 2" pipe to 90*.Its extremely simple to use, and produces very nice bends if you know how to use it correctly....
Reply:Originally Posted by Scott HightowerSchedule 40 is pretty heavy stuff for a welding cart. That said, the problem with a conduit bender is it will crush the pipe. See if you can find a racer in town with a roll cage tubing bender. This type of bender works a little different and won't crush the pipe.Also watch out for the seam. Align the seam with the inside radius of the bend or the pipe will split.Scott
Reply:ZT,I  understand the difference between pipe and tubing, but what is the difference with the dies.  Is it just to make sure the die matches the outer radius of the pipe/tube ?EricMillerMatic 252, HTP 221 w/cooler, Hypertherm PM45, Lincoln IdealArc 250 AC/DC"I'd like to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible"
Reply:Originally Posted by frieedZT,I  understand the difference between pipe and tubing, but what is the difference with the dies.  Is it just to make sure the die matches the outer radius of the pipe/tube ?Eric
Reply:Thanks ZT,That's what I thought, the magic is in the fit...MillerMatic 252, HTP 221 w/cooler, Hypertherm PM45, Lincoln IdealArc 250 AC/DC"I'd like to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible"
Reply:Originally Posted by Scott HightowerSchedule 40 is pretty heavy stuff for a welding cart. That said, the problem with a conduit bender is it will crush the pipe. See if you can find a racer in town with a roll cage tubing bender. This type of bender works a little different and won't crush the pipe.Also watch out for the seam. Align the seam with the inside radius of the bend or the pipe will split.ScottWelders360.com
Reply:A few years back I was bending a lot of sch 40 1-1/4" pipe and ran into a problem with it wanting to kink the pipe. It was a bender similar to the Harbor Freight mentioned above Anyways, i found it wasn't the bender, it was the pipe. China pipe. Bent up some domestic, and it bent fine. So if you have foreign pipe you might try a mandrel bender. Just my $.02    btw, sch 40 is a bit much for a cart, much less a conduit hand bender. RevLast edited by revrider1; 08-26-2010 at 08:05 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by revrider1A few years back I was bending a lot of sch 40 1-1/4" pipe and ran into a problem with it wanting to kink the pipe. It was a bender similar to the Harbor Freight mentioned above Anyways, i found it wasn't the bender, it was the pipe. China pipe. Bent up some domestic, and it bent fine. So if you have foreign pipe you might try a mandrel bender. Just my $.02    btw, sch 40 is a bit much for a cart, much less a conduit hand bender. Rev
Reply:Remember....Pipe is for Poop and water.Tubing is for structural applications.http://all-a-cart.comWelding Cart Kits and accessories
Reply:Originally Posted by ZTFabRemember....Pipe is for Poop and water.Tubing is for structural applications.