You say “pipe and tube are the same”…
You say “the thinner the wall, the easier it is to bend”…
You say “mandrel bending is rotary bending”…
You say “center line radius… you mean diameter?”… LOL… Yes you do!!!! And you know it…!
There is a theme of common questions throughout my day and these are just a few […]
Entries from July 2007
Fabricating Misconceptions in Bending- You say “tomatoe”, I say “tomato”
July 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Rotary Draw Bending · Mandrel Bending · Compression Bending · Press Bending · Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles
Basic Tube and Pipe Bending Concepts Commonly Discussed
July 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments
This topic is going to involve some basic bending concepts that we at Baileigh Industrial discuss with our customers and prospective customers on a daily basis. I have collected my information from a variety of resources. The primary one is the day-to-day dealing with customers and their applications and attempting their applications on our machines […]
Tags: Rotary Draw Bending · Mandrel Bending · Compression Bending · Press Bending · Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles
What do YOU know about chips and shavings? Well let me tell ya!!!…
July 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments
If you are getting tightly curled, warm to the touch, shavings that are brown to black in color you are using too much down pressure or force on the bow of the saw. The color is the red flag here. If you visualize taking a torch to any piece of material and noticing the color […]
Tags: Tube and Pipe Notchers · Cold Saws · Band Saws · Articles
Supermileage
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
We ran this story a few weeks ago, but now that the blog is up, I believe it bears repeating:
Brillion High School contacted us a while ago for a Model 100 bender. We sent them one at a reduced price and they used it to create the frame for this competition. After we got the […]
Tags: Rotary Draw Bending · Compression Bending · Tube and Pipe Benders · Articles