Details
The Barrow GJSGW-8 is a solid white silicone cord, 8 mm thick and 1 m long, for bending 12 mm OD hard tubing with 8 mm inner diameter. Push it into the tube before you heat it: the cord supports the tube walls from the inside, so the tube keeps its round shape and does not kink or collapse while you bend it.
Properties
- Type
- Silicone bending cord for hard tubing
- Diameter
- 8 mm
- Length
- 1 m (1000 mm)
- For tube
- 12 mm OD, 8 mm ID
- Heat resistance
- 250 °C (Barrow)
- Material
- Silicone
- Color
- White
- Pieces in the pack
- 1
Why a bending cord
Hard tubing turns soft when you heat it, and a soft tube folds flat or kinks on the inside of the bend. With the cord inside, the walls have support all around, so the bend keeps the full inner diameter and the coolant can flow freely.
Made to take the heat
Barrow makes the cord from high-quality silicone and says it withstands the 250 °C of a heat gun. Barrow also says the cord is flexible, wear and heat resistant and tough, so it does not break when it is folded.
Pick the size of your tube
Barrow makes the cord in three diameters for the common hard tube sizes: GJSGW-8 for 12 mm OD tube, GJSGW-10 for 14 mm OD tube and GJSGW-12 for 16 mm OD tube. This listing is the 8 mm cord for 12 mm OD tube with 8 mm ID.
Technical data
| Model | GJSGW-8 |
| Type | Silicone bending cord |
| Diameter | 8 mm |
| Length | 1000 mm |
| Suits | 12 mm OD hard tube, 8 mm ID |
| Heat resistance | 250 °C |
| Material | Silicone |
| Color | White |
Notes
- Check the inner diameter of your tube: the cord has to match it. A tube with a thicker or thinner wall needs a different cord size.
- A heat gun and a bending tool or mold are needed for bending and are not in the box.
- Barrow notes that it may update the look or construction of the product without notice; the product you receive is the current version.
In the box
- 1x Barrow 8 mm silicone bending cord, 1 m
