bending pipes

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

how do i bend the pvc pipe----i'm building a dragon slider starting next weekend----any help would be appreciated

w$r az style · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 384 City: Arizona

heat it up....but dont do it to fast heat it up with heat not open flame. it works sometimes and not others

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 23, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject:

I dunno how but if it ends up working tell us how you did it.

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

thanks wsr and i will ryan

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 23, 2003 7:37 pm Post subject:

Ok thanks.How long are you building it?

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

i'm thinking about a 6 foot up section a 25 foot flat and then a 4 foot kick so once it built about 30 feet once the bends are subtracted

pjdave · Posted: Feb 23, 2003 9:47 pm Post subject:

I used an oxgen acethylene welding set to heat my pipes to bend them. Dont put the flame directly on the pvc keep it away enough to make it go soft and get a friend to pull it in the shape you want. As soon as it cools it will go hard in that position. Have a look at my flamed half rainbow it was done that way

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

well i have no clue what a oxgen acethylene welding set is so will a blow torch do the job???

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 9:24 am Post subject:

Josh post some pics when you are done.

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

are you trying to bend the pipes that you will be sliding on? I don't think you would really need to do that. With a dragon, you will only be hitting it from one direction, so you could make the pipe sort of overlap.

Heating pvc pipe will help it bend just make sure you heat it up slowly and over the entire area to be bent. Don't just heat up one spot, or you may end up with a kink instead of a bend.

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

ok thanks for the advice seth---and i think ur right about the overlapping---i will experiment and tell u guys what works and what doesn't

andi'll be sure to get pics

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

try to find pics of the dragon slider at OWC. Really nice design.

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

ok---i'll search around

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

found it!!!!---ur right it does look awesome and exactly what i was planning to do

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject:

I cant see the pic.

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

ahh --i had to change the file type so it was .bmp---i guess u can't just rename it

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 3:00 pm Post subject:

Guess not.

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

i have 2 pics but both are .bmp ---how do i switch this

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 24, 2003 3:34 pm Post subject:

I have no clue.

pjdave · Posted: Feb 25, 2003 3:48 am Post subject:

The oxy set is a larger blow torch used in plumbing

skobi1 · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 639 City: eugene, or

I used a combo of a uv heat lamp and a heat gun to bend mine, but as pretty much everyone is saying hest at least a foot on either side of where you want the bend.

Dirty$outhRida · Addict Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 665 City: Austin, Tx.

hey skobi1 where did you get the plans for that slider thats what me and my friends wanna build but we cant find the plans

skobi1 · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 639 City: eugene, or

No plans man just did it, check out the post -- "just finished my slider" in the general discusion, Ive posted more pics there and my original drawings.

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 11, 2003 7:31 am Post subject:

nice work guys... Mr. Green

Tyler T · Posted: Jul 11, 2003 9:25 pm Post subject:

me and my buddy just built a half-rainbow slider...we were too lazy to build any sort of protection around the ramp up, so we are probably gonna die...but i guess we'll see soon enough...by the way, skobi1, how wide is your slider there? looks as if its just wide enough for 2 barrels

skobi1 · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 639 City: eugene, or

Bingo, Tyler. I built the slots for the barrels one half inch narrower than the rims of the drums. Other than that its just the width of the 2x4's wider. It is plenty stable for riding, but it goes by to fast I wish I would have added at least another 8' section. Whitch I probably will do this winter.

criminally_minded · Posted: Jul 11, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject:

If you can't bend it, just make an angle like we did, this one is 15 degrees. I prefer the bent ones, but this is a lot easier to do.

(Sorry about the size by the way. Check the site for instructions and more pics)

needmoney4weed · Criminal Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 84 City: NY

I like the criminals idea, its way to much effort to bend. But if i cut the PVC at an angle and attach them to make a trap like slider i think the angle might do a job on my board and the PVC is to thin to sand down. What should i do???

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

well i hit a hitch with the slider....couldn't find anything to float it on......but hopefully i will find something soon

i experimented with bending pipes and i just had a little torch type thing kept the flame away from it aways and after awhile i slowly bent it and it worked fine....now as soon as i get the floats i'll be in business Rolling Eyes

criminally_minded · Posted: Aug 05, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject:

needmoney4weed · Criminal Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 84 City: NY

R u sayin the joints go on the ouside of the PVC, i dont want a lip to mess up my board

needmoney4weed · Criminal Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 84 City: NY

I lik the way CRIMINALLY MINDED did his, can u post a close up on that or a least tell us how u made the angle???

sktw8 · Outlaw Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 126

skobi1, could you please give me the measurements for your slider that is posted in this topic. Also how steep is the angle that you can ride on to the slider.

Thanks