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13-06-2023, 01:10 PM | #16 |
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13-06-2023, 02:34 PM | #17 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Poole
Bike: M900ie
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Now I appreciate that cut and weld is the modern way and all these pics show exceptional welds/skill, but I remember watching Nick Paravanni (of Attleborough, Norfolk) pack the pipe with sand, then bend the pipe with heat and a hammer, making those knot-like headers for multi cylinder engines, now that was impressive.
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13-06-2023, 02:39 PM | #18 |
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Have seen pipes filled with sand and bent on a mandrel, but can't recall which metal it was.
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13-06-2023, 03:57 PM | #19 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Portreath
Bike: S2r
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Years ago when I had some made, the bloke put a large spring in them then bent them using his home made pipe bender.
4 into 4, internal baffles, all done by eye, fitted perfectly. Just checked and they ceased trading in January...
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