Search the forum,

which pipe benders?

Post new thread

Discuss which pipe benders? in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board area at PlumbersForums.net

Status
Not open for further replies.
^^
Your old Rothys might be like old Hilmors when they were made in the UK and are now made elsewhere.
 
^^ Great thanks, didn't need to spend another fifty or sixty quid to achieve the sort of result I could get from my knee.
 
Last edited:
bend it now they made the old hilmors which are very good
 
Get a spring too. Back to the good old days. You can hit your apprentice with them too, 28mm
 
Knees are still recovering from days of the spring lol
 
Got to be down to the quality of the pipe we get nowadays. When someone gets one of these new benders, can you let us know if the pipe still ripples?!
 
Will do Lee.

Someone from ukpf head office contact BIN and give them the traffic numbers for this site in return for a 15% DISCOUNT CODE for a couple of weeks. I'm sure we'd all like to support British manufacturing where and when we can.
 
Last edited:
Keep an eye out on eBay. I got a Record 218 (the old red cranked arm one) for Ā£35. Still in the original box, with both guides. Looked brand new. The box reminded me that they used to be called handibender. That used to make me giggle when I was a kid working with my old man!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
leelister6 said:
Got to be down to the quality of the pipe we get nowadays. When someone gets one of these new benders, can you let us know if the pipe still ripples?!
Click to expand...

Compared to a set of hardly used Faithfull benders using the same bit of pipe they do not!!!

BIN1.jpgBIN2.jpg
 
Last edited:
It is down to quality of tube more than owt.

Whilst we're on this subject of nasty tube and bending.

Who remembers that copper years ago with the red stripe down the side. Like a warning it's too thin walled to bend ? It used to just snap, really annoying if you didn't notice the stripe and tried to bend it with a spring. Half an hour of swearing whilst trying to get spring back.

Or truweld, who remembers that. It was due to copper shortage in the 60's
that was tinned steel tube.
 
Last edited:
Last Plumber said:
Who remembers that copper years ago with the red stripe down the side. Like a warning it's too thin walled to bend ? It used to just snap, really annoying if you didn't notice the stripe and tried to bend it with a spring. Half an hour of swearing whilst trying to get spring back.
Click to expand...

I remember that, never really had to bend it as it was only used before I started work, think it is called YTW (Yorkshire Thin Wall) and was introduced during the copper shortage in the 70's
 
I have the hilmor, cant fault it
 
Last Plumber said:
It is down to quality of tube more than owt.

Whilst we're on this subject of nasty tube and bending.

Who remembers that copper years ago with the red stripe down the side. Like a warning it's too thin walled to bend ? It used to just snap, really annoying if you didn't notice the stripe and tried to bend it with a spring. Half an hour of swearing whilst trying to get spring back.

Or truweld, who remembers that. It was due to copper shortage in the 60's
that was tinned steel tube.
Click to expand...

anything past a 45 and snap :D
 
The Y.T.W. - Yorkshire thin wall, was harder copper and I used it for some pipework that didn't require bending, - like on long vent pipes.
There was nothing wrong with it and I am sure it still is in plenty of homes today.
Only problem I found with it was it was confusing when you went to lift a large offcut of pipe that was perfect length for something you needed bent - and then discovering the red line down it.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Reply to which pipe benders? in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board area at PlumbersForums.net

Similar plumbing topics

A
copper vs pushfit pipes
Copper pipes, I think its fair to say, is not what it used to be, the copper is getting thin while the cost is going up. Meanwhile, plastic Pushfit seems to be getting better and better, cost and convenience was always better, but now the quality is to, have we reached a stage where plastic will...
Replies
2
Views
237
Chuck
C
T
22mm MDPE connection
I want to reconnect some outbuildings to an existing water supply. The supply pipe is old 22mm MDPE and buried for a fair distance so not going to dig it up and replace it šŸ˜¬. Question is can I use normal 22mm plumbing push-fit connectors to make the connection as finding 22mm MDPE fittings...
Replies
1
Views
262
ShaunCorbs
ShaunCorbs
dreikher
Hole in copper pipe, solder under floor, T coupling & protection
I was stupid enough not to check the position of the pipes under the tiles when installing a toilet and drilled right through the center of a 16 mm copper water pipe. I exposed the pipe by removing a ~30cm section of the plastic sleeve and a ~10 cm section of the pipe around the hole. Several...
Replies
0
Views
184
dreikher
dreikher
M
Viessmann external flue run conundrum
Hi all. Hope you have all been keeping well. A while back I decided I only wanted to fit one brand of boiler and decided on Viessmann due to space for servicing and changing parts if ever needing to. I am finding my decision rather hard due to the different clearances on flue runs and cupboards...
Replies
9
Views
178
mutley racers
M
D
Covering shallow sewer pipe under concrete Patio
Hello all, Iā€™m replacing a concrete paving slab patio in the back yard. The original patio used 50mm deep concrete slabs on hardcore & sand. Iā€™m planning to pour a 100mm deep concrete patio on 100mm hardcore. In order to achieve the same final height to line up with the rest of the patio, I...
Replies
6
Views
226
DIwhYdidIstartThis
D
Creating content since 2001. Untold Media.

Newest Plumbing Threads

Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock