PVC Pipe Bender

[aharvey]

Does anybody have one that I could borrow?
Or has anybody ever used one?

 

[just dave]

PVC pipe bender is kind of a misnomer as they heat the pipe and you do the bending. Having said that ,if it's something you can not use flex PVC for I have found that filling the pipe with sand and taping the ends and heating it with a heat gun works well.

 

[primer]

also if you done care about the apperence wipe pvc glue on it light it on fire and bent it, we do this all the time at work. maily only when its going in the ground

 

[aharvey]

i think my radius is going to need to be tighter than the flex pvc can bend but i am waiting for mt OM to come in before i'll really know.
thought i would go ahead and see if anyone had one.

 

[aharvey]

I dont have a heat gun but I do have a WWII flame thrower
would that work?

 

[joeycadre]

so a 45 or 90 degree elbow wouldn't work? or some flex and then an elbow?

 

[keaton]

Hi, I am a 15 year old kid who is new to this forum.

My dad is an electrical contractor who just so happens to have a pvc pipe bender. We can make arrangements for you to borrow it or you can come over and he can bend it for you. Let me know back.

 

[aharvey]

I appreciate it, but with your dad being an electrician are you sure it works on plastic PVC pipe? I would expect him to have a steel thinwall pipe bender not a PVC pipe bender. I could be wrong and if I am let me know and we can work something out.
I can always try the sand in the pipe trick.

 

[keaton]

He has pretty much everything! Yea trust me he has one. Let me know when you want to do it.

 

[just dave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8859295#post8859295 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aharvey
I appreciate it, but with your dad being an electrician are you sure it works on plastic PVC pipe? I would expect him to have a steel thinwall pipe bender not a PVC pipe bender. I could be wrong and if I am let me know and we can work something out.
I can always try the sand in the pipe trick.

PVC is used as electrical conduit.