Using a Hydraulic Pipe Bender for your Home Pipe Project

Its a very common thing that at home, many a times, there is the need for repairing your pipes and plumbing fixtures. It is also very common in many households, instead of taking the help of a professional plumber, you as the house owner would like to do the repairing job on your own. In such plumbing work in your home, you will have the requirement of bending a pipe to fit the dimensions of your project. It is not possible to get the exact sized pipe at your local hardware store. Instead you can create your own custom pipe by using a hydraulic pipe bender. The hydraulic pipe bender helps you to change the pipe as per the exact size needed for the project. How do you proceed for this? Check out the following steps:

• Firstly, connect your hydraulic pipe bender to your hydraulic pump. This is done by taking the end of the hose and pulling back the speed ring on the brass fastener's end. While holding the ring back, slide the fastener over the hydraulic pipe bender's nozzle and let the speed ring slide back in place. Pull carefully the hose to find out that it is locked in place.
• Next, you set the pin on the tube bender for the pipe that you need to bend as per its size. This will hold the pipe in place. It also gives a pivot point for the tube as it is being bent.
• Use a measuring tape to measure the length of the pipe where you need the bend to be. Now slide the pipe on the hydraulic pipe bender. Using locking arm, lock the pipe into position so that the pipe does not slide while the bending is done.
• Now switch on the hydraulic pump and then activate the hydraulic tube bender. Keep your hands away while the bender is operating. Close the bender when the bend process is completed. Now you can unlock the locking mechanism.
• The above steps need to be repeated for each bend and when you have completed the work, shut off the the hydraulic pump and the blender. The hydraulic hose is then carefully disconnected from the bender. This is done by pulling back on the speed ring and pulling bender's hose. Remember that the hose is now under pressure, so you have to be very careful when removing it from the bender.