alan2525
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Wanted - broken drive band for Mamod TE1aI'm being unashamedly cheap! Looking to use a drive band for use as a bending spring to stop 1/8" copper pipe from kinking when bending it!
Seems a waste to buy a new one and have to cut it!
Will pay P&P!
Heheh!
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Les
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Have you tried sand or filling it with water, blocking both ends and freezing it, then bend it when it is frozen.
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V8Nick
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Or salt, and then dissolve it out with hot water.
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rangerssteamtoys
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Go with one of those ideas above. Or to make it soft and flexible by getting it SUPER MEGA hot with a torch. Then let it cool by itself, dont put water on it to sool it other wise you'll anneal it and then the copper wil be hard as a rock.
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MooseMan
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| V8Nick wrote: | | Or salt, and then dissolve it out with hot water. |
By 'eck that's a good idea! 
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Roly Williams
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Not quite as cheap as a broken drive band, but still not ridiculously expensive; I bought a proper pipe bending tool for small pipes. I can't remember where I got it but it's made by Record so a Google search should find it. It can be operated in one hand and is really quick and simple to use. Anybody who has a copy of my booklet can see a photo of it in there. (Oh well, I haven't plugged it for a while  )
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