Howdy All,
I was messing around and came up with this die to flatten 1/2" Pipe and 3/4" pipe. I don't use tubing much as I have access to a lot of free pipe that is seamless schedule 80:thumbsup:. 1/2" Pipe is .84" O.D. as compared to 7/8" tubing which is .875 and that's close enough for me. 3/4" Pipe has an O.D. of 1.05". I need a way to flatten the pipe and drill a hole in the flattened section (Just like the end of forks.) for making grab bars on a project I am working on. Essentially it is a piece of 1/2" thick steel with semi-circles cut out to accommodate the O.D. for 1/2" and 3/4" pipe. The four 1/2" Dia. holes are for centering guides. I thought I could weld four pieces of 1/2" round stock about 2" long into one of the plates. The second plate would simply slip over the 1/2" centering guides. Slip pipe in between corresponding guides and squash in a press!
What do you think? Will it work?
Hec
I was messing around and came up with this die to flatten 1/2" Pipe and 3/4" pipe. I don't use tubing much as I have access to a lot of free pipe that is seamless schedule 80:thumbsup:. 1/2" Pipe is .84" O.D. as compared to 7/8" tubing which is .875 and that's close enough for me. 3/4" Pipe has an O.D. of 1.05". I need a way to flatten the pipe and drill a hole in the flattened section (Just like the end of forks.) for making grab bars on a project I am working on. Essentially it is a piece of 1/2" thick steel with semi-circles cut out to accommodate the O.D. for 1/2" and 3/4" pipe. The four 1/2" Dia. holes are for centering guides. I thought I could weld four pieces of 1/2" round stock about 2" long into one of the plates. The second plate would simply slip over the 1/2" centering guides. Slip pipe in between corresponding guides and squash in a press!
What do you think? Will it work?
Hec
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