What I want for Christmas ---

16 years ago

( Among the other 100 things on my list ~ LOL )

I want a pipe bender ! I've seen so many cool things done with copper tubing ..... glass,mosaics,copper wire & tubing ...... it's enough to make your head spin !!!

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bianchi2
16 years ago
o.k., it bends pipe, right. What does it look like, curious about this.
Bianchi
toomuchglass
Original Author
16 years ago
Yep - it bends tubing and pipe so it dosn't crimp it . There's alot of different kinds - here's one for example.

Here is a link that might be useful: tubing bender
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rosemarythyme
16 years ago
LOL! That is TOO funny TMG! No perfume, or books, or fancy lingerie--no, what TMG wants is a pipe bender! A true artist!
I, er, dare I say it, asked for a light box. So DH promptly built one! We are strange people....pipe bender, light box, what NEXT?
silvamae
16 years ago
I asked hubby for Diamondcrete, hee hee hee. He finds that verry strange.
curbdiver1954
16 years ago
Uh, I asked for and received an 8' fibreglass ladder from Santa year before last.....and a chop saw last year. DH knows I'm easy to shop for....just go to HD or Lowe's and get the latest gadget or 2 or 10! LOL!!

A few years ago he rebelled, tho, and demanded I put SOMETHING on my list that wasn't a tool or for the house! So, I asked for lumber to side our storage building! He sorta gave up after that and just goes to ye ol' list!

Pat
haziemoon
16 years ago
I want clay and rubber stamps! so I can make my own tiles.
Seems like a small enough request, after last year's glass saw..right?

Hazie
mosaicwench1
16 years ago
TMG - Copper is very expensive right now. Go for the stuff that's easy to bend without a tube bender - flexible tubing. Ask the guys at Menards about flexible copper rather than regular. It won't be any cheaper but it's a LOT easier to work with.

I used to make copper sprinklers and the copper prices just put me right out of business!
bianchi2
16 years ago
I would like the Beetle cutter, which I actually already ordered and wrapped it from him to me. LOL Those are the best gifts. I got my DH an electric birdbath, so it doesnt freeze. Something I, I mean HE, always wanted.
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nicethyme
16 years ago
a grinder, and the beetle system, and glass, and and ...
shrty411
16 years ago
The morton system ( since Barb already showed me how to use it). I'd put a wet saw on my list, but that might be too much for him. Maybe next year I'll get a REAL tool!!LOL

Maria
stjohnsgypsy
16 years ago
Isn't it something how our "hobbies" change our want list......I don't know what I want..but I was thrilled when my husband came home with me some copper B B's when he went to Wally World.....you'd thought he gave me a diamond ring!!!!!
Shades_of_idaho
16 years ago
Hehehe Aw Heck I just bought it all already. Having a blast using it too. Since we never exchange gifts I BOYG

<:>Chris
toomuchglass
Original Author
16 years ago
Flexible copper tubing ? Never heard of that .... I'll be on the lookout !
gretch1964
16 years ago
I have a vise bender that does that. I use it in my welding and stuff. Oh and copper is ouch right now. I just bought i think was 40 feet and it was close to 70 bucks. I got to find a place that is cheaper as i use it to make windchimes.
nicethyme
16 years ago
oh yeah... a rebar bender and a metal cutting blade for the chop saw!
mosaicwench1
16 years ago
TMG - it's the same stuff with which one hooks up an icemaker only larger diameter. I used to make circles and curlicues with it all the time without a pipe bender.

Check out the link below for a book from Amazon about working with this material. I'm not reccomending the book (never read it), just look at the photos to get an idea of what I'm talking about.

Here is a link that might be useful: copper book
bamasusanna
16 years ago
All I want for Christmas is world peace!!! (and a wet saw, and a new piece of glass for my lightbox, more stained glass, and...)
chickeemama
16 years ago
TMG when I was looking for my copper for my dragonfly they called it malleable copper verses ridged copper. I still havent got what I need for christmas presents because of the price...

What do I want for Christmas?? I would want the beetle system if I didnt have the morton already but I guess I want more glass!!!!! No I know what I want..I want my hubby to make me a cabinet to hold some glass with a flat top to put my light box on. Im running out of room to put my glass!!
crackpotannie
16 years ago
I asked for another grinder so I don't have to haul mine back and forth to ranch on weekends.I need 2 of everything!!!LOl except husbands!!!
toomuchglass
Original Author
16 years ago
I'll check out that Mallable copper. I know it's like Gold right now . I bought a spool of 500 ft. of 10 gauge copper wire last year and it was $185 ... sheesh !!
meadel
16 years ago
I want a Dremmel. Not sure what I'll use it for exactly, but I always wanted one!..
Copper must be up in price. Last month there was a robbery in NYC where someone came home to find they were robbed of their pipes!! Can you imagine!! ( the neighbors must have been deaf!)
rchovey
16 years ago
Well...Christmas is going to be rather meager here this year, we just got a new Trane heating and cooling system with whole house air filtration system. So while I'm sitting by the tree not opening presents feeling warm and cozy, I'll appreciate not being cold. Our old system was 26yrs old and never did the job. I guess I could pull out my old toys and remember Christmas' past. Like my Dremel, my cordless Dewalt drill, my Roto Zip tool (love my Roto Zip)...DH knows me well. Maybe next year I'll ask Santa for a glass saw.
Calamity_J
16 years ago
I'd like that book Wench posted! And of course what the Beauty Pageant Girl said!(Bama)!!! I want my family to have A Christmas Spirit!!! I'll never forget the year my lil DD said to her lil DB, "Look! Mommy uses the same giftwrap as Santa!!"(6yrs old!)hee hee! I like to wrap pretty well everything in the house in tinsel and lights!!heh heh! DH is practically against gift giving as it's a negative cash flow...bah humbug! I would say that for Christmas I'd like those new lithium battery powered power tools would be nice! Then I could do some future yard projects! Oh and a compound sliding mitre saw! I think I have all the diamonds I want, diamond blades, diamond crete, diamond bits....lol!
nicethyme
16 years ago
whirled peas
shrty411
16 years ago
whirled peas

LOL when I was little I thought the line in silent night was "sleep in heavenly peas"

Maria
bamasusanna
16 years ago
Kinda like that Christmas song "Fleas on my dawg."
Calamity_J
16 years ago
What's so amazing about that Grace chick?? I always wondered!!!hee hee! Whirled peas!hahahaha I get it now!!ha ha hee hee ho ho!!!

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