CAI Complex Bends...
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CAI Complex Bends...
This should be ok here for awhile.
[ January 31, 2003, 06:25 AM: Message edited by: Random ]
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One tube on each intake has a bend that is almost impossible to duplicate.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.[ January 31, 2003, 06:25 AM: Message edited by: Random ]
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#1. NO. It's not OKAY here. You know better.
#2. Yes, you don't know what you are talking about.
You'd have to hold them in your hands, see photos from several angles, or see a 3 dimentional representation to see the "complex" bends and the true shape of the object. A single photograph cannot accurately represent all the angles/bends on an object.
Just for your edification, and for anyone else that stumbles across this thread.
COMPLEX BEND- A bend that has deflection/change in direction in 2 or more planes.
Lets take your "typical" 90 degree bend. This is NOT a complex bend.
Now take one end of the 90 degree bend pipe, place it in front of you so that it appears that the "L" is pointing away from you. Now bend the "vertical" part of the "L" to the left or right at a 45 degree angle. You now have a complex bend.
The bend is STILL 90 degrees, but now it also has a 45 degree deflection in another plane. This is a complex bend. (a rather extreme example)
It is VERY expensive to find machinery to do complex bends.
See...you really don't know what you are talking about. rolleyes.gif
#2. Yes, you don't know what you are talking about.
You'd have to hold them in your hands, see photos from several angles, or see a 3 dimentional representation to see the "complex" bends and the true shape of the object. A single photograph cannot accurately represent all the angles/bends on an object.
Just for your edification, and for anyone else that stumbles across this thread.
COMPLEX BEND- A bend that has deflection/change in direction in 2 or more planes.
Lets take your "typical" 90 degree bend. This is NOT a complex bend.
Now take one end of the 90 degree bend pipe, place it in front of you so that it appears that the "L" is pointing away from you. Now bend the "vertical" part of the "L" to the left or right at a 45 degree angle. You now have a complex bend.
The bend is STILL 90 degrees, but now it also has a 45 degree deflection in another plane. This is a complex bend. (a rather extreme example)
It is VERY expensive to find machinery to do complex bends.
See...you really don't know what you are talking about. rolleyes.gif
