You've probably got the best tutorial on how to bend tubes on entire TH-cam. This video is a gem of watercooling. The one and only thing which is wrong in this video is cooling off the bend with water. DO NOT DO THAT - a specially with Acrylic while PETG may be able to forgive you stress build up by quick cooling acrylic most likely won't.
I came by to watch this again because I'm about to do runs that are really long and want them parallel. Thanks for the great guide on how to measure it all out.
Thank you so much for this guide! Been trying to figure out how this bykski mandrel works, wasted alot of tube and didn't get the exact offset, thanks for your video now I know what I'm looking. You gain a sub from another PC nerd!
This is the best video I've seen on bending tubes. I will be redoing some of my bends soon and will definitely be referencing this video. I wish I'd found this 2 years ago when I first got into watercooling!
TH-cam tutorial are all or mostly about how to bend them, yea we get the idea but how to figure the measurements between this and that, and you sir! Made this video the finest tutorial on TH-cam! Subscribed!
Doing it by eye you will possibly wast a whole pack of PETG piping! Dont ask how I know! HAHAHA! But the reference points are the way to go for people just getting into this type of piping for PC water cooling. ;) Awesome video to teach others.
I was looking for the most sensible way to do tube bending, having an engineering background means I actually need numbers and calculations to make sense, at least for me lol. good thing I stumbled to your video. Thanks!
Quick question, on your 2nd calculation why didn’t you add 7mm to your 40mm to get your first height? To my understanding, you said “from the top of the fitting”. So your calculated value 88mm at 3:07 is not from the bottom of A to the centre of B. It’s actually to the top of B.. right?
@@MediamanStudioServices i think it took me like 10 replays to calculate because it didn’t add up in my head lol.. but still very educational, I’m going to try using your method. Hopefully i’m patient enough
of all the videos ive watched, thank you for the love of god for explaining to this the only way my brain will let me. every other video ive watched they always say to eye ball it or what but i needed the reference point way especially since i have some intricate bends that i plan to make and needed a precise way. for whatever reason i never learned how to measure things out or create reference points and understand angles (i sucked at geometry in high school) but seriously thank you for taking the time out and making this video this way. it is very appreciated. thanks have a good day #stayblessed
Thank you so much for actually demonstrating a real world tube run on a watercooling setup. So many, talk about ideas, maybe show tools and then make some crazy bends in tubing that do not relate to a real situation. It was so refreshing to see an actual pc with watercooling components installed and seeing the measurement and bending techniques that make that run. I really liked your use of tools and I would like to do the same. Maybe to go as far as to make reference marks (think conduit bender) where you can get those repeatable results. Thanks! Bravo!! Great work. Subbed.
This is excellent. Methodical and logical. I am just about to crack in to my first custom loop, and THIS advice is the most competent I have seen by far. Working back from known reference planes, the use of the set square all the way through, running a test for stretch allowance to gain finishing distance beyond a reference point, all superbly elegant. I dare say you have saved me a lot of trial and error.
Currently working on a pc build that has some fairly complicated bends. This is the best tutorial I have seen for these sort of techniques. When I finish my build, I may try posting it somewhere on reddit or what not. I will be sure to reference your vid. You need more subs :)
Really informative and professional instructions, I hate those toturials on youtube were they say "I prefer to bend by feeling" how does that help a beginner? I was looking for part 3 of this video and couldn't find it. Anyway I want more, please make more watercooling tutorials and/or builds. Happy subscriber waiting for some more content on the topic, cheers! :)
Thank you for another in a series of top tier videos. Always informative, well paced, and full of information impossible to find anywhere else. Looking to build my first custom water loops I have been struggling with which materials to use. Looks like it is probably going to be plastic after watching your great tips.
There is a lot of work in a system like this! I have only been using AIO water-cooling till now, for my next system (waiting for Chagall TR) I’d like to go for hard tubing. Thanks for the useful content!
very nice Video !!! First Time i learn real perfect bending Hardtubes. I say 100 Times thanks a lot for the best "How to bend PETG tubes . greetings from germany👌👍😉😊
Just found your channel and it was a blessing. I want to stop eye balling my bends and this video should help to get some clean straight bends. The only question I have is about the center line on the 90 mold tool. I'm a little lost on how to find how much it stretches when you bend it. I've watch several times and that's the only part that has me stuck. Could you explain it further if possible. Also this was hands down the best video on this subject
hi Tuga777, thanks for the kind words. So to find how to bend you need to know the radius of your gig. My gig was 2cm to the edge of the tube from the first bend mark, and my tube is 14mm. So 2cm plus 7mm (half the thickness of the tube) =2.7cm I measured it at 7:16 of the video. So measure your gig the same way then make a mark on test tube at say 10cm and measure back 2.7cm. Put this mark on the bend line Once you bend the tube, you will notice the tube bend center is not at the 10cm mark, the difference will be the stretch. So for me the stretch was about 2.5mm - 3mm. so I was making my marks 3cm or (2cm + 7mm + 3mm = 3cm) (radius + half the thickness of the tube + the stretch = 3cm) The stretch for most bends is around 3mm. so if you use this amount added to your radius plus the thickness, you should be good.. Hopes this helps Thanks for watching Please share on your FB to help grow the channel.
This is indeed the best video I have come across regarding bending tubes! Thanks for the great content. I do have two questions though. The first one is if you have some tips regarding bending acrylic ? I had a bit of a hard time bending acrylic with the use of a jig, it seems like it's easier to bend a 90 deg by hand. However, it becomes hard to do complicated bends without being able to use the jig. My other question is if you had a tip for a situation where the distance between the two 90 degree bends is rather short, I am trying to make a bend very similar to the one you are doing in the video, except that the distance between the bends is around 95mm, this means that I can't get the tube in the jig after making the first bend, in order to make the second bend because the first bend prevents the tube from going in straight in the jig, since it's so close to the second bend. Do you have any idea how I could solve this problem ? Thanks again for the great content.
hi Amat, thanks for the kind comments. Please share the video. As for acrylic, I have never used this material so I can not give any advice. Also for short bends. Sometimes you just need to do the bend by hand, its the only way to get the tube to fit. That is what I did with the short tube in the video.
It's been a year since your comment, but just in case (and for others): If you have problems bending acrylic tubes with a jig, you didn't heat up the tubes enough. When the tube starts getting soft, don't bend it straight away, like you can do with PETG. Keep heating them up for much longer, getting more heat into the material and softening them (without going too far, creating bubbles inside the material) and then bend it. For short distances I took 2 90° jigs and cut them into two pieces, leaving just one straight side and the curved part, but not the other straight part. That way you can fit them into shorter spaces and you'll have to adjust the perfect 90° angle afterwards anyways.
I usually go through lot of tubing doing it freehand I try some creative things like spirals. The idea is to make something look cool AIO cooler could work just as good but doesn't look as cool.
Hi, love your videos, I'm a fairly experienced custom loop builder and even I was able to pick up a few tricks. Quick question, is 13mm accurate for all fittings or does it vary for different brands ?
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You've probably got the best tutorial on how to bend tubes on entire TH-cam. This video is a gem of watercooling. The one and only thing which is wrong in this video is cooling off the bend with water. DO NOT DO THAT - a specially with Acrylic while PETG may be able to forgive you stress build up by quick cooling acrylic most likely won't.
Hi Kamil. thanks for the kind words and advice. I will let air cool next time.
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Man this is good - time to watch 20 more times to understand the math. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Thanks for watching
I came by to watch this again because I'm about to do runs that are really long and want them parallel. Thanks for the great guide on how to measure it all out.
After destroying tubes, I found your video and that's what I should have watched first.
The best video about how to do proper bending.
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thanks for watching
Thank you so much for this guide! Been trying to figure out how this bykski mandrel works, wasted alot of tube and didn't get the exact offset, thanks for your video now I know what I'm looking.
You gain a sub from another PC nerd!
I keep coming back and admire your work
super thanks. I hope to make a follow up video soon
This is the best video I've seen on bending tubes.
I will be redoing some of my bends soon and will definitely be referencing this video. I wish I'd found this 2 years ago when I first got into watercooling!
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Of all the videos I watched including the channels much bigger you have THE BEST tutorials
Thanks BFstudios
TH-cam tutorial are all or mostly about how to bend them, yea we get the idea but how to figure the measurements between this and that, and you sir! Made this video the finest tutorial on TH-cam! Subscribed!
thanks you Mohammad Shazarul Ishak
Doing it by eye you will possibly wast a whole pack of PETG piping! Dont ask how I know! HAHAHA!
But the reference points are the way to go for people just getting into this type of piping for PC water cooling. ;)
Awesome video to teach others.
Distro-plate .. then you can get pre-cut 90° acrylic or chromed metal pipes, cut to length .. done. Nice videos and an underrated channel.
thanks D
I was looking for the most sensible way to do tube bending, having an engineering background means I actually need numbers and calculations to make sense, at least for me lol. good thing I stumbled to your video. Thanks!
Quick question, on your 2nd calculation why didn’t you add 7mm to your 40mm to get your first height? To my understanding, you said “from the top of the fitting”. So your calculated value 88mm at 3:07 is not from the bottom of A to the centre of B. It’s actually to the top of B.. right?
thanks for the kind comment
@@BlueBracelet202 Oh your right, But for the demonstration, i think most people get the point.
But thanks for pointing that out.
@@MediamanStudioServices i think it took me like 10 replays to calculate because it didn’t add up in my head lol.. but still very educational, I’m going to try using your method. Hopefully i’m patient enough
@@BlueBracelet202 Good luck with that and let me know how it goes.
of all the videos ive watched, thank you for the love of god for explaining to this the only way my brain will let me. every other video ive watched they always say to eye ball it or what but i needed the reference point way especially since i have some intricate bends that i plan to make and needed a precise way. for whatever reason i never learned how to measure things out or create reference points and understand angles (i sucked at geometry in high school) but seriously thank you for taking the time out and making this video this way. it is very appreciated. thanks have a good day #stayblessed
thanks Nuck. I used to be a pipe fitter in an earlier career. So this is how I learned to do this type of work.
Thanks for watching
That was a master class in how to bend tubes. Bravo.
thanks for the feedback
What an awesome guide. This channel is totally underrated.
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I absolutely love this method, thank you! Never had it crossed my mind to use such a technique and reference tubing. Subbed.
Glad I could help
Thank you so much for actually demonstrating a real world tube run on a watercooling setup. So many, talk about ideas, maybe show tools and then make some crazy bends in tubing that do not relate to a real situation. It was so refreshing to see an actual pc with watercooling components installed and seeing the measurement and bending techniques that make that run.
I really liked your use of tools and I would like to do the same. Maybe to go as far as to make reference marks (think conduit bender) where you can get those repeatable results. Thanks!
Bravo!! Great work. Subbed.
This is excellent. Methodical and logical. I am just about to crack in to my first custom loop, and THIS advice is the most competent I have seen by far.
Working back from known reference planes, the use of the set square all the way through, running a test for stretch allowance to gain finishing distance beyond a reference point, all superbly elegant. I dare say you have saved me a lot of trial and error.
thanks for the kind comments. Glade it helped. Please share
Currently working on a pc build that has some fairly complicated bends. This is the best tutorial I have seen for these sort of techniques. When I finish my build, I may try posting it somewhere on reddit or what not. I will be sure to reference your vid. You need more subs :)
Glad it helped! thanks
Really informative and professional instructions, I hate those toturials on youtube were they say "I prefer to bend by feeling" how does that help a beginner?
I was looking for part 3 of this video and couldn't find it. Anyway I want more, please make more watercooling tutorials and/or builds.
Happy subscriber waiting for some more content on the topic, cheers! :)
thanks for the kind comments. I have not editing part 3 yet, but stay tuned
Best tutorial! SUBBED! what Heat Gun do u use? why only 8k subs? its a superior channel !
When a MATH TEACHER meets CUSTOM WATER COOLING! LOL…GREAT VIDEO!
thanks John Riggs. I used to be a Hydraulic pipe fitter a long time ago. This is how I learned this skill.
Hands down best bend tutorial on TH-cam! You need more subs!
Thanks for the kind comment.
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Thank you for another in a series of top tier videos. Always informative, well paced, and full of information impossible to find anywhere else. Looking to build my first custom water loops I have been struggling with which materials to use. Looks like it is probably going to be plastic after watching your great tips.
thanks for watching Allen, Glad I could help
There is a lot of work in a system like this! I have only been using AIO water-cooling till now, for my next system (waiting for Chagall TR) I’d like to go for hard tubing. Thanks for the useful content!
Very cool! Watch part 3 of the water cooling videos next week
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finally a video with some accuracy this is what i was looking for i like working in mm not by eye lol keep up the good work, enjoy the sub
thanks for watching
very nice Video !!! First Time i learn real perfect bending Hardtubes. I say 100 Times thanks a lot for the best "How to bend PETG tubes . greetings from germany👌👍😉😊
Love you video! It give me tons of advantage on my costumer's building works! Thanks!
Glade I could help GK_2012
Very helpful. Thank you
Just found your channel and it was a blessing. I want to stop eye balling my bends and this video should help to get some clean straight bends. The only question I have is about the center line on the 90 mold tool. I'm a little lost on how to find how much it stretches when you bend it. I've watch several times and that's the only part that has me stuck. Could you explain it further if possible. Also this was hands down the best video on this subject
hi Tuga777, thanks for the kind words.
So to find how to bend you need to know the radius of your gig. My gig was 2cm to the edge of the tube from the first bend mark, and my tube is 14mm. So 2cm plus 7mm (half the thickness of the tube) =2.7cm
I measured it at 7:16 of the video.
So measure your gig the same way
then make a mark on test tube at say 10cm and measure back 2.7cm.
Put this mark on the bend line
Once you bend the tube, you will notice the tube bend center is not at the 10cm mark, the difference will be the stretch.
So for me the stretch was about 2.5mm - 3mm.
so I was making my marks 3cm or (2cm + 7mm + 3mm = 3cm) (radius + half the thickness of the tube + the stretch = 3cm)
The stretch for most bends is around 3mm. so if you use this amount added to your radius plus the thickness, you should be good..
Hopes this helps
Thanks for watching
Please share on your FB to help grow the channel.
@@MediamanStudioServices thanks for your quick response.
@@Tuga777 Hope this helped
Great video. You mention painting, what kind of white paint do you use on components? Any way you can recommend a brand as well? Thanks!
I just used bike paint in a spray can. Sorry I don't remember the brand
This is indeed the best video I have come across regarding bending tubes! Thanks for the great content. I do have two questions though. The first one is if you have some tips regarding bending acrylic ? I had a bit of a hard time bending acrylic with the use of a jig, it seems like it's easier to bend a 90 deg by hand. However, it becomes hard to do complicated bends without being able to use the jig.
My other question is if you had a tip for a situation where the distance between the two 90 degree bends is rather short, I am trying to make a bend very similar to the one you are doing in the video, except that the distance between the bends is around 95mm, this means that I can't get the tube in the jig after making the first bend, in order to make the second bend because the first bend prevents the tube from going in straight in the jig, since it's so close to the second bend. Do you have any idea how I could solve this problem ? Thanks again for the great content.
hi Amat, thanks for the kind comments. Please share the video.
As for acrylic, I have never used this material so I can not give any advice. Also for short bends. Sometimes you just need to do the bend by hand, its the only way to get the tube to fit. That is what I did with the short tube in the video.
It's been a year since your comment, but just in case (and for others): If you have problems bending acrylic tubes with a jig, you didn't heat up the tubes enough. When the tube starts getting soft, don't bend it straight away, like you can do with PETG. Keep heating them up for much longer, getting more heat into the material and softening them (without going too far, creating bubbles inside the material) and then bend it.
For short distances I took 2 90° jigs and cut them into two pieces, leaving just one straight side and the curved part, but not the other straight part. That way you can fit them into shorter spaces and you'll have to adjust the perfect 90° angle afterwards anyways.
Does this method also apply to acrylic tubing ? I like acrylic more
Instead of marking the tube with a marker can you use an O ring and slide it to where you need to?
man equal to class teacher
I usually go through lot of tubing doing it freehand I try some creative things like spirals. The idea is to make something look cool AIO cooler could work just as good but doesn't look as cool.
Hi, love your videos, I'm a fairly experienced custom loop builder and even I was able to pick up a few tricks. Quick question, is 13mm accurate for all fittings or does it vary for different brands ?
My nuts stink dude
Using a white insert does wonders when it comes to seeing your marks
What are the dimensions of your plywood board?
we need white inserts to see the mark more clearly
what size of bending tube should I use if I have 14mm PETG . should I get 12mm or exact 14mm?
you will need the 14mm
My head HURTS!!!!
Well I spent the past month trying to make my first bend and still can’t get it
13cm inside the fitting , I’m sure you mean 13mm.
I hope you mean 13mm
In short summary: Buy a distro plate😅
distros look like ass. there - I said it
@@ElDaumoI agree. I haven't seen one yet that looks decent.
Slowing it down might be good for us beginners, not that it isn't a great video.