Tight Corners

[Hooded]

Here are a few shots of some of the tightest tubing corners I've ever managed to put together.
This is in an oldtime radio case. will be an HTPC when finished.
May open a build log but most of the modding in this is practice for something nice.

[Midnightoil]

Yeah those are tight!!! nice work too!!

[Bartacus]

Great work in such a tight space!

[MRDcanadian]

definitly, i have to ask, why is individual always go for tight tubing curve as such over extension and angle fitting options? to expensive???? :s

[Hooded]

One word FLOW very little loss through that connection compared to a sharp 90%

[Father Fuzzy]

Looking good Hooded
yes a build log

curious to what the front looks like
yes those are some tight bends,is that a kink starting in the first pic?

[Hooded]

I'm definately pushing it on the rad into the gpu block, but it's got full flow. It's already in the curve at the end of the compression fitting. All 3 pics were from 2 different 90º angles so you can see that it's not actually kinked but dam close.

[Father Fuzzy]

Do you think anti-kink coil would help there?
I put some in Rigamortis for looks but also to help on the tight bends

[Hooded]

I heated the tube in hot water from the kettle.Let sit for 30 min. Then froze it for 30 min. It pretty much doesn't change even when I remove it from the compression fittings. I used a double thick lined 5/16 od tube inside it while it was being heated and frozen to prevent the tube from collapsing and kinking.

Not worried at all that it will kink.

[scaccima]

Looks nice Hooded! I like the boiling/freezing trick! I got to remember that one!!

[Father Fuzzy]

I heated the tube in hot water from the kettle.Let sit for 30 min. Then froze it for 30 min. It pretty much doesn't change even when I remove it from the compression fittings. I used a double thick lined 5/16 od tube inside it while it was being heated and frozen to prevent the tube from collapsing and kinking.Not worried at all that it will kink.

Thanks for the good tip,I have tried bends like that with no luck will try your method next time
what size tubing are you using?

[Hooded]

3/8 - 5/8 tubing is size used.

[Izerous]

I have used warm water to soften it for getting it over fittings etc, butnever thought of freezing it afterwards to make it hold a shape like that.

[Father Fuzzy]

I was using 1/2 - 3/4 tubing when I tried tight bends like that

I am using 3/8 - 5/8 in Apparition seems easier to bend

[Bartacus]

Hooded: so you do all that heating / freezing with just the tubing? Or do you heat, apply fittings, and then freeze the fitted tube? Very curious about the details!