I knew there had to be a better way than just screwing around until you get something that might be OK. That business of having every 2nd seam line up is the trick to making a nice uniform curve without any weird wobbles along it. If the seams are 0 degrees apart, the thing is straight. If the seams are 180 degrees apart, the elbow is 90 degrees. By interpolation, I'm betting that if the seams are 90 degrees apart you'll end up with a 45 degree elbow. Now I can get any angle I want easily! Thank you very much for clearing that up. It's nice to have a pro spell it out for the rest of us.

@TheSheetMetalKid707

7 жыл бұрын

Great! glad to help

Great job of showing me whats going on. Retired senior doing a home reno.

Wow thanks a bunch-we are doing an dust vac system and have had issues trying to adjust to 45 degrees-knew ther had to be some way to get tit done-thanks for showing us how! Wish they would mark on the 4 piece elbows what is 45 and what is 90 degrees! But your video helped me a lot!! Thanks!!

Glad to see you had your Sheet Metal Workers' shirt on, obviously you were well trained. Great job!!

Thanks for the video. I had no idea what I was doing. Your video cleared things up 👍.

This video rocks!!!!! Straight to the point and now I'm off home improving. Thx

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+Tiffany Harris Go get'em!!!

Very good. It took me a few minutes to get the concept of the 45.

did not realize that it was that simple. thank you sir

Thank you so much. This video was 100% helpful. I have subscribed to your KZread site,

Thank you very much. This truly helped me. ❤️😀

Very methodical and helpful!

Very useful!. Thanks for the info

thank you this was very helpful ~

Thanks for the video!

Great tutorial clip. thank you.

my man! you saved me

thanks! your video was a big help!

@TheSheetMetalKid707

7 жыл бұрын

Right on!

Thanks for the videos. The trouble I seem to run into is, the sections don't want to turn very easy (the sections get stuck). I tried a little silicon spray which sometime helps a little. The gauge may have been a little heavier, maybe 28 gauge, it was for a hot water heater flue pipe.

@TheSheetMetalKid707

7 жыл бұрын

Common problem. Make sure any lube you use on flue is non combustible and try lightly dropping the elbow on the edge or tapping lightly with a hammer on the gores. That will sometimes knock whatever its catching on loose

Can You Cut a Section Off That Elbow to "Shorten", as it seems to Tall for the Gap I Found between the finished Fixture & Crimped Top Pipe?

thank you great video!

@TheSheetMetalKid707

2 ай бұрын

Thanks @mrd4292!

Hi sheet metal kid, at what height would you put a sheet of metal in a vice, would it be down low into the vice grip or higher up if you needed to cut a shape out of a metal sheet about the size of a man's hand using a hacksaw, Thank you sir!

Great video; liked the cat walk through at 2:16 :)

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+Redstormshadow haha thats my helper!!! she is a dog though

Great service, SM kid, thanks - you may want to share a trick for turning stubborn sheet-metal elbow gores. Spray a thin line of WD40 on BOTH sides of the gore. You may have to keep trying while you wait the WD40 penetrates. But sooner or later a lubricated, stubborn undamaged gore will turn.

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+Rudy Harburg indeed. here is a article i guess blogged for in 2013 : www.mrhvac.com/2013/06/19/adjusting-the-large-sheet-metal-duct-elbow/

Are the seams air tight or do you need to tape over all of them after you get it adjusted?

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+MoneyManHolmes apply cookie or duct sealant. they are NOT air tight

like the shirt :)

Thanks. Makes sense, and now I know. Thanks for no distracting background music.

You should show how to re attach a broken gore.

@TheSheetMetalKid707

7 жыл бұрын

Yes I should ;)

@bloodseedrums

7 жыл бұрын

throw it out and buy a new one

@The_Matrix_I_Am

7 жыл бұрын

i wouldn't pop the rivet out. Either slice the elbow seam and thread it on. Or bend the gore and hammer it back in. Much faster.

I tried this and it does not work on duct bought from Lowes. I had to pry it with a screw driver and a set screw in the end to hold it while pressing the rest together.

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles Albert yeah, this ones are cheap and almost worthless

I have a 12 inch one that I can't move. it's not bent. what's the trick to get it to rotate?

@TheSheetMetalKid707

2 ай бұрын

See here: kzread.infocxSfBUsLZD8?si=Qk2cWhJXLlaEdDIr

please tell me how to make an elbow , the procedure , the formula used ... please...it will be very helpful for me if you will reply me fast....thanks in advance

@TheSheetMetalKid707

8 жыл бұрын

+Veena Kumari here is a good link on triangulation and layout. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sheet_metal_drafting/Chapter_3

@veenakumari6326

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a good link provided by you....but it's quite technical so if just tell me something practical procedure of making a 90 degree elbow with 4 or 2 parts.. By the way really thanks for your great response...Thanks a ton...!!!!

@veenakumari6326

8 жыл бұрын

Sir, we don't have a machine for this so if you can tell me how we can cut the sheet and make an elbow like you are showing in the video...I'll be highly obliged

Can I ask a question

@TheSheetMetalKid707

2 ай бұрын

Sure can!