A little weekend tube-work...

[bluesman2a]

Hi, my name is Herb, and for those of you who don't know me, I'm a tube-a-holic... Here's a little something I like to do in my spare time....

It's just a start, but more will be added as time allows...

[Franz]

Herb that is absolutely the strangest lookin condenser for a still I ever saw.

[Scott S]

Hi Herb,
Nice bends. Keep posting your projects. :)

[bluesman2a]

Well you see Franz, after generations of being hassled by "The Man" AKA Revi-noors, we had to get more wily... Now our stills are mo-bile and a-gile. Able to evade deep into the woods...

[Rocky D]

Now, how did Franz know that you was runnin shine in them pipes???? :confused:

[bluesman2a]

It's a gift... Word on the street is that he can smell it upwind at 100 paces... :D

[1grnlwn]

How did you notch those tubes?

[bluesman2a]

VERY carefully...

Fit-up on cages is critical, and I tend to be pretty fussy about how joints look...

As for the tools, I use a JD-2 notcher, like this one, on a drill press:
http://www.jd2.com/images/TN-100/TN100.JPG

[masontel]

Looks Great!! What type of bender do you use?

[bluesman2a]

It's a JD-2 Model 3 adapted to air over hydro.

[Customwelds]

Bluesman, very nice. I have a K5 blazer and know the offroading bug hits ya pretty hard :). As far as the "blues" in bluesman, musically or other? If musically, is Stevie Ray Vaughan on your top list? He's my guitar idol!