Re: Bending Aluminum Tubing

[gjonz]

Okay…stay with me here…

One option is to fill it with pitch…a black tar substance…and let it harden after pouring it in and filling the tubing. Then bend it. But where you find that stuff today…I dunno.

Next is close the ends after filling with water…and freeze it. Then bend it. This I how trumpets and trombones are made.

Or…again work with me…take it to a music instrument repairman who works on trumpets…trombones…and…TUBAS. He’ll likely have mandrels that he could not only bend it…But then straighten the wrinkes as needed.

Am I nuts?

Nope. My trombone tech used to get dents out of my exhaust for me often. Lol

Greg