{"id":10424,"date":"2016-07-14T14:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=10424"},"modified":"2016-07-14T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T14:34:33","slug":"merlin-prefer-tube-bending-to-mind-bending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/14\/merlin-prefer-tube-bending-to-mind-bending\/","title":{"rendered":"MERLIN PREFER TUBE-BENDING TO MIND-BENDING!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/news_merlin_pipebending.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/news_merlin_pipebending-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"news_merlin_pipebending\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any requirements for pipe-bending and you live in striking distance of Merlin Motorsport\u2019s base in the paddock at Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire then they may wel be able to help you.<\/p>\n<p>They are equipped with a state-of-the-art Ercolina tube-bending machine and \u2018formers\u2019 for 1-, 1 1\/8-, 1\u00bc-,1\u00bd and 1\u00bein outside diameter (O\/D) tube and they can cope with both aluminium and steel tube and roll-cage hoops from CDS tubing.<\/p>\n<p>The radius of the bend is fixed by the \u2018former\u2019 and these are set out in the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk\/interspire\/link.php?M=151999&amp;N=187&amp;L=315&amp;F=H\"><strong>MERLIN CATALOGUE<\/strong><\/a> (page 79) or via this link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk\/interspire\/link.php?M=151999&amp;N=187&amp;L=337&amp;F=H\"><strong>TUBE BENDING SERVICE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They also bend and bead water pipes although the machine does have limitations. It can\u2019t make you a cup of tea although if it\u2019s not capable of producing exactly what you want an alternative is to use pieces joined with silicone hose or sections welded together.<\/p>\n<p>Best advice I to give them a call on 01249 782 101 to discuss your requirements <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>If you have any requirements for pipe-bending and you live in striking distance of Merlin Motorsport\u2019s base in the paddock at Castle Combe circuit in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/14\/merlin-prefer-tube-bending-to-mind-bending\/\" title=\"MERLIN PREFER TUBE-BENDING TO MIND-BENDING!\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}