Step 1: If there is a bended sample tube or pipe available, place the tube or pipe that you want to bend on a large piece of paper on the floor.
Step 2: Tracing the sample tube or pipe that you would like to mandrel bend onto the paper, continuing the pattern until you have made a full circle with the tube or pipe that you are working with.
Step 3: Measure (in mm or inches) from the center of the tube or pipe to the center of your drawn circle.
●Easy Way (EW): This is bending the workpiece on its short side during the mandrel bending process; bending of a rectangular tube or pipe.
●Hard Way (HW): This is bending the workpiece on its long side during the mandrel bending process; bending of a rectangular tube or pipe.