what if i heated the DOM tubing and put it on a pipe bender, i wonder if it would still kink or not? think so?

 

I would think it would. For a coupe reasons.

One, if you heat metal it becomes more plyable, making it easier to kink and ripple.

Two, if it were that easy others would have been doing so long ago.

 

very true

 

Thats a fail coming I wouldint even try.

 

def shouldnt of posted this, haha oh well, it was my brain fart for the day

 

If you are talking about a H/F style pipe bender (Bottle jack), I have read that you can fill it with sand & cap the ends. I have never tried it though.

 

ive read that but am kinda scarred to try that with DOM tubing, if i mess up thats my money im loosing, that stuff is expensive

 

i vaguely remember, a few years back they did it on that tv show, muscle car. they didn't even use a pipe bender. they used plywood for the form. they burned it up pretty bad, but managed to get two bends. it was that skinny blond dude that paints cars and does graphics on paintjobs. maybe you can find that episode.

 

That wasn't DOM but very thin wall HREW and they stated it was strickly for looks. Kinda like the factory PVC roll bar in early Broncos. It was also kinked bad but they covered it with sheet metal.

 

might have been. it's been at least 3 years since i've seen that show. still, if you can get a foot or 2 on the cheap, it might be worth trying . maybe there's a correct heat combination that can bend it without hurting it much.

 

always worth a try

 

keep in mind that shrinking takes more heat than stretching, so u gotta heat up the inner part of the bend more than the outer part.

 

It was worth a try. You got the worst of any possible outcome, which was a "no". Now someone who has the same thought can look it up and find it here.

 

true but also, never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut!

 

If I remember correctly one of the geniuses on Pirate figured out a way to turn a HF kinker into a perfectly good bender. Should search it over there.