How To Bend Copper Tubing Without Kinking It. For small tubing 1/4 to 3/8 inch you can buy a hand tubing bender for $8 from harbor freight. Bending a copper tubing coil without kinking it. I used 5/16 od copper tubing which isn't all that large in diameter so i couldn't vouche for larger diameters.only hiccup was dissolving the salt to clear the coil.

If you are using a copper pipe for any of your work you will surely have to bend it to be able to use it around curves. I have some copper tubing 3/4 that i want to bend. If you need to bend the pipe in several places, mark those places as how to use a tubing bender.

Hard copper can also be bent but you have to aneal it first.

I have some copper tubing 3/4 that i want to bend. Bending a copper tubing coil without kinking it. Form_title= copper tubing form_header= make diy a snap with copper tubing! Bending tube and pipe without kinking it. What gauge of copper tubing would you like to orange/red tubing is requried to bend itcopper has a bendable grade see see the cda drawn and annealed called hard and. Hard copper tubing, more commonly called copper pipe, requires tools to bend without it kinking. For larger sizes, you can buy a set of coil springs that fit the outside of the tubing while bending that can later be pulled off or get a larger. Figure out a way of clamping at one end without squashing it.