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Originally Posted by Worth1
For the same reasons when someone asked me why I just didn't buy corned beef instead of curing and making my own.
Because I can its cheaper I know what I am getting and I am not reliant on other people.
There is another method of making a hoop or large radius in pipe.
It is a little complected and you have to have your ducks in a row.
This is where you bend angles in the pipe at a certain angle and a certain distance apart.
It can be done with a common conduit bender.
This is a really slick way to do it if you want to install glass panels.
Worth
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I ran across an article a while back on that. I believe for a 10 foot piece of conduit, you would bend 5 degrees every 6.28 inches.
Radius (in inches) x 1.57 =a
then divide by 18
I think thats it..
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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie
That's why I made my high tunnel have vertical sidewalls:
My hoops have a very shallow curve. It was easy to do, and took virtually zero skill. I didn't crumble any tubing; I don't think I came close, because I didn't bend it very much.
Top rail is ridiculously thin. The only thing thinner are the sleeve clamps that connect two unswagged ends. Those things are like aluminum foil. I learned that after 10" of ice smashed the tunnel in the picture, and I had to put it back together. |
I have seen your pictures. Really sorry that you had the disaster that you did. 10 inches of ice is nothing to laugh about.