Figure 5-6.—Bending tubing with hand-operated tube bender.
HAND TUBE BENDER.— The hand tube
tubing. The radius block is marked in degrees of
bender shown in figure 5-6 consists of a handle,
bend ranging from 0 to 180 degrees. The slide bar
a radius block, a clip, and a slide bar. The handle
has a mark which is lined up with the zero mark
and slide bar are used as levers to provide the
on the radius block. The tube is inserted in the
mechanical advantage necessary to bend the
tube bender, and after the marks are lined up, the
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