Sometimes we don't have that "certain" tool in the box, so we need to become a "Mcgyver" and make a tool. One that I have used is for tube bending.

Creating nice, non-kinked bends in tubing is best accomplished with a tube bender. Unfortunately, benders only accept tubing of certain diameters and generally can only make one radius,(or you loned it out to a fellow Stovebolter-LOL). For alternatives, look no further than your engine to find a variety of potential tubing benders: the fan-belt pulleys. While it is nice to use some old pulleys in a vise, pulling the fan belt and working in the engine compartment can get the job done, too. All assuming the use of the V-belt- not serpentine belt- pulleys, of course. When ever I see different sizes of V-belt pulleys, I grab them quick.

Does anybody have more of these ideas?

Oly in Oregon

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