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Get us some freebies from your mate and we'll give our honest opinions on them.
I would try one as it is a pain to try and perfectly straighten 10mm that will be visible, but I wouldn't buy one unless I knew it was going to pay for itself.
 
Get us some freebies from your mate and we'll give our honest opinions on them.
I would try one as it is a pain to try and perfectly straighten 10mm that will be visible, but I wouldn't buy one unless I knew it was going to pay for itself.

I agree!


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And [DLMURL="http://www.nljdirect.co.uk/yorkshire-142mm-8mm-10mm-tube-strightraightener-71082.html"]here[/DLMURL] is the 8/10mm one Roger
 
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Hi all, I am the fat lad in the vidieo (thanks lbrad02) I have been working on this tool for over 5years, it work a dream and is easy to use. It will do all sizes of pipe and the plastic coated pipe to.
 
Hi all, I am the fat lad in the vidieo (thanks lbrad02) I have been working on this tool for over 5years, it work a dream and is easy to use. It will do all sizes of pipe and the plastic coated pipe to.
Hi Matpipe, I think you have done a fantastic job on the tool and i am impressed as i have never seen one before, Ps you are not fat mate
 
Aesthetics are not part of the brief with council housing, not round here anyway. For instance, we are plumbing in hundreds of electric showers at the minute, the housing officer will not allow any channeling, the cable is surface run from the CU in conduit and then chrome piped.

It doesn't really matter what the tenants think of it.

its called a need for future replacement and maintenence. Most council contracts have it written in the design specification that all pipes,fixtures etc... can be easily repair or replaced. There own maintenence engineers are normally multi trades that do compression only plumbing.
 
Hi all, I am the fat lad in the vidieo (thanks lbrad02) I have been working on this tool for over 5years, it work a dream and is easy to use. It will do all sizes of pipe and the plastic coated pipe to.

hi mate, i think anybody who has ever installed long runs,drops in 10mm copper could identify what a pain it can be to straighten out the pipe. The tool looks very good, congratulations. Now if you can get it in the market place for a decent price i can see it selling, and i would be interested.

if your confident in the tool you could maybe let a few members try it out and post reviews? (we will send it back honest;) ) maybe if anybody has a simular type of tool they could compare them against each other??
 
hi mate, i think anybody who has ever installed long runs,drops in 10mm copper could identify what a pain it can be to straighten out the pipe. The tool looks very good, congratulations. Now if you can get it in the market place for a decent price i can see it selling, and i would be interested.

if your confident in the tool you could maybe let a few members try it out and post reviews? (we will send it back honest;) ) maybe if anybody has a simular type of tool they could compare them against each other??
Thanks for for great comments. I have 25 samples being sent to me, I will see what I can do.
Matty
 
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hi mate, i think anybody who has ever installed long runs,drops in 10mm copper could identify what a pain it can be to straighten out the pipe. The tool looks very good, congratulations. Now if you can get it in the market place for a decent price i can see it selling, and i would be interested.

Can i ask, why would you ever bother running long microbore runs, that are visible? I can not see a positive reason for doing it, it costs more, takes more time to install and then is much more susceptible to damage once it is there.

I honestly do not think a tool like this, can ever pay for itself.
 
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For £10-15 (Like the pegler version above) I would buy one, just to make the small amount of 10mm I do look neater, for £30 it would stay on the shelf.
 
Can i ask, why would you ever bother running long microbore runs, that are visible? I can not see a positive reason for doing it, it costs more, takes more time to install and then is much more susceptible to damage once it is there.

I honestly do not think a tool like this, can ever pay for itself.

If I had the means to straighten micro bore, I would, regardless of whether it was on show or not. In walls, behind units, under floors, whatever, I would still love to be able to straighten the pipe.

I think it looks like a top piece of kit mate, and I would use it. Only thing is, there's a lot more important tools to buy that cost 30 quid!


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If I had the means to straighten micro bore, I would, regardless of whether it was on show or not. In walls, behind units, under floors, whatever, I would still love to be able to straighten the pipe.

Don't you feel you would just be wasting your time and costing yourself money? If you work for somebody, i am quite confident they would tell you to cut it out or get off the job.
 
I work for myself and I'm quite anal about the way things look, even when I know they'll be hidden. Also I think it would save time when threading through holes etc, as it won't be catching on stuff cos it's bent. Each to their own I guess but personally I see this as being quicker than straightening out by hand, with better results.


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Just different techniques of doing things i suppose. The only reason i ever use 10mm is to bend it round skirting or if in spec, to drop it down behind dry lining, if i ever had the need to do a long run it would be in PB and would never require me to need it straight.
 
Looks like a good little tool. Maybe a bit of a gadget and not vital toolbox fodder, but it certainly looks like it works.

I don't think I'd pay £30 for it. If it was a tenner, I'd chuck one in the tool box for the sake of it. £30 is too much in my opinion, but then your friend may have ploughed every penny he had, and borrowed some to boot just to bring this to market. In which case I'd be concerned for him!

Dragons Den maybe?!
 
we all have our own idea's and standards of work. Me personally weather its behind plaster board, under a floor or surface run i would try my best to straighten the pipe. Straight 10mm is easier to clip, easier to tape up, easier to bend, generally easier to install. Ive fitted hundreds of radiators in 10mm copper, mostly behind plaster or in studwork and i always straighten the pipework as best i can.
 
Can i ask, why would you ever bother running long microbore runs, that are visible? I can not see a positive reason for doing it, it costs more, takes more time to install and then is much more susceptible to damage once it is there.

I honestly do not think a tool like this, can ever pay for itself.

i didnt even mention visable pipework. I would straighten 10mm drops in walls,plaster, under the floor and so on.
 
I'm with most of the others on this one, I've piped up 100's of rads for for various councils in 10mm copper, and I still like to be neat in my work, this looks like an excellent tool that you can just carry in the toolbox, unfortunately though I wouldn't pay £30, if I saw it on the shelf tagged at around £10 £15 I would deffinatly buy one! well done mate, nice job!
 
Will it do 16mm multilayer pipe I could see a use for it straightening that type of pipe might be worth speaking to uponor if they could market it in europe you could be on to a winner!
 
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