Pipe bending formula?
Pipe bending formula?
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Does anybody know of a formula for bending tubing into a circle?
This is my situation. I want to make a 8'circumference, so at how many 'X' inches do I put 'Y' degree of a bend in the tubing? AND the same thing for a 14'circumference...
I hope Ive described this well enough ;)
Thanks,
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This is my situation. I want to make a 8'circumference, so at how many 'X' inches do I put 'Y' degree of a bend in the tubing? AND the same thing for a 14'circumference...
I hope Ive described this well enough ;)
Thanks,
Searching Fabricator





RE: Pipe bending formula?
In answer to your question, for a polygon, as I recall the sum of all the bends equals 360 degrees. (not the sum of the interior angles, but the offsets from a straight line at each place). Anyway, so you'll need 4-90's or 6-60's, or 120 bends 3 degrees each, whatever you want to do. If I was going to do it this way, I'd figure the smallest angle bend I could make, and do a good (consistent) job of it, then divide the length of that pipe by the required number and go at it. How many bends it takes to look good would be in the eye of the beholder, I guess. You'd be limited by your equipment as to how close together the bends could be, too, I assume?