Brake Pipe Straightener

[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.

[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.................!

[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

[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