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what do you do when you need to make a a few tight bends....i went to the hardware store and bought all the pipe fittings then realized they all have pipe thread and barbs are sae so the two of them together would not get a tight seal.... the loop needs to get assembled tomorrow what can i used to over come this
 
either get the little plastic coils that can go around the tube and keep the coils close or some people have even used zip ties.

Tubing has a minimum bend though before it kinks the minimum depends on the size though.

how tight of a bend are you making?
 
Bend radius depends on the inner diameter of the tube and the wall thickness.

Typically a 3/8" (8mm) ID tubing has a tighter radius than a 1/2" tubing.

You can overcome this by using smartcoils and compression fittings that are 45 or 90 degree fashioned. Bitspower sells a ton of those.
 
bitspower is not local so i could not get them today, and they are also $10-20 a piece, i refuse to spend that much on fittings
 
You can often get standard tubing barbs and 90 degree fittings at Lowes in the plumbing department. They aren't as nice looking as the ones you can find online, but they function just as well. Just make sure you get some worm drive hose clamps to go with them.

As someone mentioned above, you can use zip ties to keep the kinks out too, but it takes several if you're making a very tight bend, but it will work. It basically just keeps the tubing round and avoids kinking. Hope this helps.
 
Modder man said:
bitspower is not local so i could not get them today, and they are also $10-20 a piece, i refuse to spend that much on fittings
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A compression fitting (no angles) runs about 6 bucks.
Standard barbs are about 4 bucks.
Look on Sidewindercomputers.com
Compression fittings do not require clamps and don't generally damage the tubing.

In the long run you actually save money, time and reduce the chance of leaks. Cheap is the last thing you want to be when it comes to liquid and electronics.
 
Modder man said:
im not being cheap is just dont want to spend a crap load on fittings
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Understood.
I have come to the conclusion that its much easier technically to use compression fittings than to mess with standard barbs and clamps or even zip ties.

Just as I have come to the conclusion that plain distilled water and silver coils are the way to go for the liquid component.
 
magoo said:
A compression fitting (no angles) runs about 6 bucks.
Standard barbs are about 4 bucks.
Look on Sidewindercomputers.com
Compression fittings do not require clamps and don't generally damage the tubing.

In the long run you actually save money, time and reduce the chance of leaks. Cheap is the last thing you want to be when it comes to liquid and electronics.
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Sidewinder is closed today if you're looking to get stuff overnight. You could try them tomorrow and see if Gary can get something to you quickly.

http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=9884
 
Just use a zip tie to keep the tubing from collapsing. It's cheap and you can easily find it locally.
 
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