Details
The Barrow AWGM3-12 is a set of three bending molds for 12 mm OD hard tubing: one for 45°, one for 90° and one for 180° bends. You heat the tube until it is soft, lay it into the groove that runs around the edge of the mold and bend it around the curve, so every bend of the same angle comes out with the same shape. The molds are made of black ABS plastic.
Properties
- Type
- Hard tube bending molds, 45°, 90° and 180°
- For tube
- 12 mm OD hard tubing
- Groove width
- 12.5 mm
- Material
- ABS plastic
- Color
- Black
- Pieces in the pack
- 3 (one set)
Three angles in one set
Each mold is shaped for one bend: 45°, 90° or 180°. A degree scale is printed along the curved edge of each piece, and each mold has two through holes. Barrow sells the three molds as one set; they are not sold separately.
How the molds are used
Fill the tube with a silicone bending cord so the walls cannot collapse, heat the section you want to bend until it is soft, then press it into the groove and follow the curve of the mold. Hold it in place until the tube has cooled and keeps its shape. Barrow says to heat the tube, not the mold: do not point the heat gun or any other heat source directly at the mold.
A groove made for 12 mm tube
The groove around the edge of each mold is 12.5 mm wide, sized for 12 mm OD tubing, so the tube sits in it without sliding out while you bend it. Barrow makes the same set for 12, 14 and 16 mm OD tubing.
Technical data
| Model | AWGM3-12 |
| Type | Hard tube bending mold set |
| For tube | 12 mm OD |
| Groove width | 12.5 mm |
| 45° mold | 101.8 x 51 mm |
| 90° mold | 112.3 x 60 mm |
| 180° mold | 71 x 90 mm |
| Material | ABS plastic |
| Color | Black |
Notes
- The molds are plastic. Heat only the tube and keep the heat gun away from the mold, as Barrow advises.
- A heat gun and a silicone bending cord that matches the inner diameter of your tube (Barrow GJSGW-8 for 12 mm OD tube with 8 mm ID) are needed 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 45° bending mold
- 1x 90° bending mold
- 1x 180° bending mold
