how to bend 3mm hollow steel tubing

[farmermarshall]

hi guys have this tubing but would like to bend it without kinking it for a chrome style exhaust any pipe benders i,m came across are from 6mm upwards i tried putting a smaller round piece of aluminium inside it but went i put a bend in it i could'nt get the inner one out again..... anyone that can enlighten me 

[JC]

glad it's not just me going daft 

And me 

[Lord Ferguson]

phew... glad I didn't say anything silly then  :D

Some come on Mr D.. what's the secret

[fendt-man-matty]

looks well stephen, is that bull semem coming out of the exhaust? :D

[MDFord]

You boys never heard of drills  ;)

[Lord Ferguson]

You boys never heard of drills  ;)

- in a lathe then I assume Mark

[MDFord]

No, just a hand held cordless one

[MJB1]

No, just a hand held cordless one

& lots of patience, very steady hand , 300 broken drill bit's , 60 boxes of elastoplast, 40 boxes of arco welding rod & 5 nicely finished exhaust pipes 

so how do you drill around the curve ? :D

no please dont answer that, as i'm sure there are some members here that would take it seriously 

pm me the answer

[MDFord]

& lots of patience, very steady hand , 300 broken drill bit's , 60 boxes of elastoplast, 40 boxes of arco welding rod & 5 nicely finished exhaust pipes 

so how do you drill around the curve ? :D

no please dont answer that, as i'm sure there are some members here that would take it seriously 

pm me the answer

With a bent drill of course

[MJB1]

well there's yer answer stephen , you got to get some bendy drill bits :D

[Tractorman810]

With a bent drill of course

cor i thought being cornish/westcountry boy like me you'd have one of them new fangled bemndy dril bits mate :D :D

[Deere-est]

Bemndy?

[Tractorman810]

Bemndy?

yeah special ones down this way mate, bendy with a extra m for the angles :D :D

[MDFord]

Who Me 

Thats the ones, made out of rubber

[Tractorman810]

Who Me 

Thats the ones, made out of rubber

thats em boy, these northerners just dont get with the times do they mate :D

[Rhysmassey135]

That sounds like something a jippo will try to sell you... 'this drill bit can even drill around corners, special price, £100 for a box of 2'  :D