Working with Bundy Tube.

[thomasbl]

Anyone have some good suggestions and tips for working with bundy tube. The main thing im interested in is how to get a length from a roll, into a nice straight length to work with. I have made a template to copy, i just need a good straight length to start with. I have a decent bender for all the twists and turns. Ill probably get a shop to flare the ends, rather than buy a flaring tool at this stage and have read the threads on flaring tips and tools. cheers.

[Ben Wilson]

I've always just worked the stuff by hand, it takes some practice but you can get a decent result.

[thomasbl]

All done... I used a straight section of steel tube, 1/2 inch in the vice. I placed a nylon bush style thing in each end and fed the tube through a few times it came out nice and straight, the tube bender worked v well to get the angles i needed. just need to get some hardware to mount the lines now. Anyone got suggestions on what to use / where to source some mounting brackets? 2x8mm tube has to be secured.

Cheers ben.

[stradlater]

Have you got PHAT GT stripes on your car MR bl?

Are you putting to use my 1g bits?

[Ben Wilson]

just need to get some hardware to mount the lines now. Anyone got suggestions on what to use / where to source some mounting brackets?

You'd be looking for p clips? I know where to get them in Canberra, but that probably not much use to you

[HRV-00S]

Should be able to get the p-clips from any good auto parts supliers in various sizes. Was only looking at some the other day at the local auto 1.

[thomasbl]

Got some from Autopro. I think they are Narva ones. easy. Thanks guys...

[celicapain]

for future reference you can just drill a 8mm hole in a thick bit of wood and pull the bundy through that(*thanks street machine)

[Moppitt]

You'd be looking for p clips? I know where to get them in Canberra, but that probably not much use to you

Celicapain might not be interested in where to get them in Canberra but I am .

[roadsailing]

whats a decent flaring tool worth? one that will put barbs on the tube as opposed to a flare

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[BigWorm]

whats a decent flaring tool worth? one that will put barbs on the tube as opposed to a flare

ie like this _________________/\__

and not like this _________________/

I spent alot of time trying to find a proper beading tool rather than a flaring tool. It turns out Earls sell them for only $60 or so, but the smallest size tube they make them for is 3/8". I only needed to use 5/16" tube, but never ended up using it anyay.

[kristian]

i think its just easyer to have place that can do it for you, we do bundy tubes at my work and from experence a lot of newbies come back for either more tube or give us a lenght and some tube nuts and get us to flare for them.

[thomasbl]

Standard double flaring tools range from about 30 bucks on ebay, right up to a few hundred. I just had a place in Geelong put 'barbs' on the tube, they called it "balling". Ill see how it goes, jokes aside, if it doesn't hold up to pressure ill flare them and use nuts.

Its sounds a bit seedy eh... Balling and nuts on long tubes.....