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KMAN wrote: in article , Tinkerntom at wrote on 3/16/05 1:18 AM: BCITORGB wrote: Tink says: ============= I am not sure what you mean by large diameter. We bend conduit all the time with bending tools up to 1". ================= Right, but even to bend 1" pipe, surely you use a "bending device" (my family would disown me for that... both father and brother are electricians and I spent a few summers as an electrician's helper, but am a complete nerd about practical matters... so, I don't recall what that fulcrum thingy is called). Anyway, I'm guessing that the larger diameter pipes cannot be bent, readily, without mechanical assistance. Hence my thought that, if a human can't readily bend it, a 100 pound kayak is not likely to bend it either (even at 50 pounds times, let's say, 30 inches). But, as I say, I'm not the electrician, I'm the geek. Tink says: ================ My name is a double or triple entendo (sp)! Given enough time, as a practical engineer, I can usually cobble something together! Though it is the sort of stuff you might see on the Red/Green Show. =========== And you likely thought ALL Canadians were like Red Green, eh? GRIN Cheers, Wilf And all US are like Archie! More like Moose! We have a few of them around here, but I understand that there are a lot more up there. What are they like? TnT |
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"Tinkerntom" wrote in message oups.com... KMAN wrote: in article , Tinkerntom at wrote on 3/16/05 1:18 AM: BCITORGB wrote: Tink says: ============= I am not sure what you mean by large diameter. We bend conduit all the time with bending tools up to 1". ================= Right, but even to bend 1" pipe, surely you use a "bending device" (my family would disown me for that... both father and brother are electricians and I spent a few summers as an electrician's helper, but am a complete nerd about practical matters... so, I don't recall what that fulcrum thingy is called). Anyway, I'm guessing that the larger diameter pipes cannot be bent, readily, without mechanical assistance. Hence my thought that, if a human can't readily bend it, a 100 pound kayak is not likely to bend it either (even at 50 pounds times, let's say, 30 inches). But, as I say, I'm not the electrician, I'm the geek. Tink says: ================ My name is a double or triple entendo (sp)! Given enough time, as a practical engineer, I can usually cobble something together! Though it is the sort of stuff you might see on the Red/Green Show. =========== And you likely thought ALL Canadians were like Red Green, eh? GRIN Cheers, Wilf And all US are like Archie! More like Moose! We have a few of them around here, but I understand that there are a lot more up there. What are they like? TnT I'm talking Archie...Moose...and in your case, Jughead. Go back to your Bunker. |
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