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Brake Pipe Straightener
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:34 pm
by Geoff Ryall-Harvey
Made this today. It's for straightening coils of Kunifer brake pipe. Cost about £10. I used seven 5mm ball bearing pulleys and a length of bedrail (
very useful stuff!). The post on the end is a bush covered with some rubber hose and stops the pipe curling round as it comes out the end.
Saved about £50 on the Carbuilder Supplies item. Works really well.
Re: Brake Pipe Straightener
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:29 am
by Jimmy Cooper
Works well? I bet it does! Great job and a cool tool that you don't use too often but boy when you need one.................!
Re: Brake Pipe Straightener
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:32 pm
by Geoff Ryall-Harvey
To be absolutely honest, a 6mm hole in the long side of a piece of 2x4 works well too. However, I fancied making one of these and did so because I could
Re: Brake Pipe Straightener
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:45 pm
by Geoff Ryall-Harvey
Couldn't find the pipe bender I was tripping over when I didn't need it....
Made a new one from some bar stock, a couple of M8 button caps and one of the pulleys left over from the pipe straightener I made the other day. Handle is self adhesive 2mm neoprene wrapped in duct tape - quality
