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imported_Ron Vogel
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I stopped in to Boyce ind. (my mandrel bend supplier) today. While I was there I checked out their mis-bend waste pile. They had at least 30+ 45 and 90 degree bends in 3.5"id tubing. Perfect for FWI's, I used a 45, and a large radius 90 to make my FWI. Anyway, the mis-bends are very inexpensive (on the order of $5-10 a piece.)
I asked Tom there why so many, and he said they always have a scrap surplus of the large size tubes because race teams are ral finiky about the specs being perfect. They normally have 1-2 skid boxes of these leftovers that they have a hard time getting rid of.
I thought I'd pass this along if anyone needed anything I could pick something up possibly. Here's a pic of what I used them for, welded together then Jet-hot coated.
I asked Tom there why so many, and he said they always have a scrap surplus of the large size tubes because race teams are ral finiky about the specs being perfect. They normally have 1-2 skid boxes of these leftovers that they have a hard time getting rid of.
I thought I'd pass this along if anyone needed anything I could pick something up possibly. Here's a pic of what I used them for, welded together then Jet-hot coated.