Prepper Tip- Bending copper tubing with ICE!
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Sharing an old trick I learned about bending copper tubing without kinking it.
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The first time I watched this video, you had just posted it and I was a flight attendant with the dream of having a campground...now it’s July 2021, and I can FINALLY use this information in the primitive campground shower we are building. Been following you for years Scott - thank you for all you’ve posted over the years =)
That is awesome! Enjoy your campground and your hot shower!
Well? How did your moonshine turnout on your 'campground'?
I use this method to wrap 50 feet of 5/8" OD type L copper tubing around 5" OD steel pipe. It works like a charm. Be warned though.... I'm a pretty well built guy and this is quite an arm and shoulder workout. Also work quickly. Once the ice starts melting, the tubing will start to crush like an oval until it finally just kinks.
Yep, I have bent with sand but it is not as easy to fill or guarantee a uniform fill plus the clean out is much easier with water. Thanks for watching.
This is exactly why I love CZcams! I would never have thought of this trick, and it's something I've been trying to do over and over with no success. Thanks for posting this, it's brilliant!
Duuuude, this technique is AWESOME! What's even more awesome, is when I tell people who are supposedly "in the know" that this is possible; and they tell me straight-up that I'm fantasising and need hundreds of dollars of tools to achieve the same effect; I can put this on my mobile phone, give it to them, then sit back and laugh (and laugh and laugh & laugh). Thanks so much for sharing. :)
You've shown that I'm never too old too learn a new trick. Great idea!!
You have a nice manner about you and useful info. Thanks for posting.
Neat trick. Don't think I'vr ever seen it done. Thanks for the tip.
I built a penstock - pipeline - for a hydro power installation using 'yellowmine' pipe. It is perhaps schedule 120 pvc and impact resistant. Very heavy. I taught myself to bend this monster pipe for small curves around boulders by duct taping and using a caulk type sealant inside endcaps reserved for this purpose. Once you have capped the pipe use a propane hand weed burner and carefully heat the pipe at the area of the bend. I laid it out in the dirt and had two helpers. The air pressure builds inside the pipe and it cannot collapse as the slow bends are made. Went to 45' a few times! Wish I had made a video of it now. Watch out when the end caps blast off when the tape is released.
I made a 1/2" copper coil to replace one in a wall mounted drinking fountain. Rolled it around 6" pvc sch-40. C-Clamped it, then I used my turbo torch & silver soldered a small spot between coils on each end to prevent expansion. Soldered a 1/4" tubing inside it for the temp probe, then I rolled 1/4" tubing in between the 1/2" coils for my Freon line also silver soldered. Then I slipped a small plastic bag around it & filled it with expando foam. circa 1988. Never had issues with tubing crimping.
Thanks for that. I am in the process of making a flue gas heat exchanger and you saved me a lot of wasted pipe.
I love to watch and learn new stuff on your channel, thanks for the teachings
I gotta say, I’ve been a plumber for 21yrs and I’ve never heard of this before. Very cool!
Wax works well too , I used to make chrome 3 - 4 foot headers for hotrods I`d fill the pipes with 2" lead bars bend them on the machine slowly then melt the lead I`ll tell you the look on the owners face as they are being made is priceless .
That is utterly brilliant! I am going to give this a try. Thank you!
Excellent job man!I've used sand a few times and it works but need compressed air to clean out after.this looks like a much cleaner way to accomplish same thing.thanks again.
I tried this with a short length of pipe . First go not the best , 2nd attempt was perfect. Just what I needed. I even had ppl say it wouldn’t work. Thanks so much for sharing this information.
Exactly what I was looking for!!! Mahalo plenty engineer775 for you great help!!
brilliant!..thanks for the great educational video..I always used sand to do this ..never thought of using ice....
sweet! i watch your videos, and I say to myself, it would have been nice to work alongside you in the field. I could have learned alot. Awesome stuff on your channel! Thanks
Thanks! I am sharing your videos in several groups and social media sites.
Very, very great idea my man! I want to build a small cabin one day and your other video about the water heater is awesome too! Thanks for the tips, please keep them coming!
I think this process is way easier than filling the pipe with sand. Great time saver. Thank you very much for showing. Thumbs up.
"Fill it, Freeze it, Bend it, Done!"
Nice tip! Thank you!!
Great tip. Thanks for sharing.
What an AWESOME tip, sir!
I was just watching a guy trying with different things, like vardboard, and wooden things - but that idea there was just ingenious! Thanks!!! I'm gonna make quite a few copper coils this summer, getting ready for next winter! :))
man i have watched a number of your videos and let me just say you ARE the man thank you for great videos
You sir are the man, thank you for the education.
Just discovered this channel.The man is superb.
After looking at numerous ways to bend tubing in a small diameter without bending the tubing this way is so simple and my answer. I'm going to try it on a 100' 1/2" stainless coil and it should work fine.
This is a GREAT tip! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the great tip. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.
Sweet! K.I.S.S. works best. Simplicity at it's best.
Awesome tip. Thank you VERY much! I've been thinking about making a rocket stove water heater like the one you made I just couldn't quite wrap my mind around how to make the coil/heat exchanger part. Now I know, thanks to you.
I want to build the same design rocket heater to heat the water in my hot tub.
Great tip
Absolutely a wonderful tip! Now, I just need to remember to use it.
Great tip! Thanks
Thank you very much Engineer775! I just finished to bend a 18mm (0.7in) copper pipe into a spiral! I tried with water and sand (salt too expensive! ;-) ) but no success at all. Maybe I was making something wrong... But with your tip I succeed! Thanks a lot again!
Excellent tip!
hey engineer 775, great tips on bending copper. i never would have thought to use ice. i learneed something knew for myself and a future project im working on. And hey tell the camera lady, awsome job on getting in there and staying on the action. Once again thanks for the tips.
Nice tip as I am going to build a wood heated hotwater tank from a small potbelly stove that I am making from a propane tank...very good tip....and really liked your hot water siphoning video...pay no attention to the fools that commented negatively on the video. I LIKED IT.
Excellent tip, Just at the right time, thank you very much mate.
White fine grain "sandbox" play sand works great and is reuseable to boot.. And or use a round tip mandrel just a lil smaller than the id of the copper tube. Can use rebar or whatever steel u can find. Work the mandrel out of the tube by hand while bending. Works great too..
Great vids btw!
Thanks Eng. 775 well done cheers !!
excellent idea!
thanks for the tips il be doing this for a flue water heater thanks again
Thank you for this very useful information! I will put this tip to use!
Beautiful! Simple. And clever. Thank you.
A great tip! Thanks
awesome tip thanks.
Fantastic !!! Wish I had thought of that. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Very good technique. Excellent.
Great job!
That is a great way to do it, thanks for sharing.
Great tip! I've heard salt works too, but its a pain to funnel it all in. ill be giving this a try, for motorcycle plumbing!
Great idea dear mate. I was always in trouble due to kinky coil.
How cool is that, I've messed up a lot of copper tubing over the years. Thanks for the info.
Thank you. great method- saves worries about gaps in salt method.
thats a great tip tried sand and springs but that looks so easy
Video very well done. Pleasant to listen to. Thanks much
I'll have to try this next winter when I can leave the pipe outside to freeze. Perfect for loop antennas.
I love this stuff. Thanks!
Great tip thanks man.
Thank you for the tip!
Great idea!
Great stuff mate.
Greetings from Melbourne, Australia.
very good video ! thanks for the tip !
Nice technique, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this information.
I had to make a sharp bend in a short length of copper pipe when replacing a water heater in my RV last year. I had a tubing bender, but it was still cracking and crimping. I ended up using some scrap 14-2 wire. I packed the pipe with the wire (still in the inner insulation but stripped out of the white plastic outer casing), then used the tubing bender. Worked like a charm. I'm not sure if the freezing would work on a short length, but I might try it someday. :)
Eng775,
Excellent trick....thanks for the demo!
Nice tip , Thank you
Another great video! Simple an to the point....
great idea. awesome video. thank you
Good idea, thanks
YOU have some really good sense and ideas Thank you!
Interesting thought - thanks
Works Great! Thanks for the tip and the video.
Nicely done. Well, that about wraps it up!
Nice tip, cheers
Nice. Thanks for the idea.
love ur vids. keep up the good work 775
Very useful tip, thanks !!!
Great idea! Thank you.
You my friend are a lifesaver!!!!! SUBSCRIBED!!!!!
Thanks. A useful trick.
Great video
This would have been a great piece of knowledge for me to have had when I made my wort chiller for brewing beer!
BRILLIANT! Thank you!
Thanks for the video.
Great job on the coil, I never even thought of using water/ ice
good tip.thanks
Great tip. I can do so much with this, and it will save me lots of money and time.
Thanks for sharing. I'm inspired.
Good idea, thanks.
you can do the same thing by filling the tubing with sand but sand is a lot more difficult to blow out so your ice method is GREAT...Thanks
Great information ! Thank you
Clever idea, thanks.
Nice work.
thx for the tip.
Bending a coil with this tip,easy and good thinking