How to bend
Galvanized Pipe
How to Bend Pipe For DIY Greenhouse Build
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involve all here with mo and today we're
going to show you how we've been pipe to
make our greenhouses and hopefully I can
show you a few things on how to simply
put together the ribs section of a
greenhouse so first I've got benders
here and I've got four different sizes
you can go up to 24 foot 20 foot 16 foot
12 foot and 4 foot and today I'm going
to make some 12 footers to mega 12 foot
takes two sticks of pipe this is one and
three-eighths pipe chain link fence top
rail pipe and we're going to bend that
to make the ribs and the first thing you
do is you want to mark the pipe at 6
inches
so I make a mark at six inches
and then I'll I'll show you a close-up
of this here and on the next one but you
put the pipe in there just so the the
six inch mark goes through the little
hook you know again I'll do one and then
I'll show you up close and then this
curvature you just bend the pipe along
this curvature and it'll Bend half the
pipe then we'll push it through and then
we'll bend the other half and it's
important we don't twist it but I'll
show you it's real simple you just take
it and you bend it like that push it
through I'm gonna have mo hold it there
so we don't get it twisted and then we
just bend the rest of it
okay I'll get another pipe and I'll move
the camera so you can see another pipe
and I'll move the camera so we'll make
our six inch mark and it's always best
instead of going I'm using the tapered
end it's best just to always stick with
the same side and see here's that that
hook that holds the pipe in and you push
the pipe in just till it's past the the
six inch mark then you go ahead and make
the bend
push it through so you got right there
so you want to meet right where the bend
is flush with the curvature of the pipe
bender and then you got the spark coming
out straight then you put your cheater
in and bend it the rest of the way
and then push it through
okay so the way this works is pretty
simple you've got the tapered in and the
non tapered in and you just put them
together and then you would take some
sheet metal screws and I always put two
in just make sure and then you stand it
up
there's your there's your art and this
is a 12-foot which takes two - if you
make the 24-foot bent the curve isn't as
pronounced and it takes four sticks of
pipe but that's that's how it's done and
I'll show you what these go into because
twelve a 12-foot circle you cut it in
half so it's six foot then you said I'm
not quite six foot tall that makes a six
foot arch but the greenhouses are up
about eight foot now I'll show you how
that works here okay so as you saw that
it'd be a smaller greenhouse and if
that's what you want you can certainly
do that but the way you make these
greenhouse is this is the normal post
for chain-link fence this is one and
five-eighths pipe where this is one and
three-eighths and the marks that we make
at six inches not only does that help us
on where we're going to make our bend
but these and I like to make have a four
foot and that way you drive them into
the ground two feet deep and then you've
got two foot sticking out if you want a
taller greenhouse of course you can make
it like six foot put two in the ground
and four out but then once these are all
posted you stick these in the ground
first then when you make your arch you
come in and you put that right at your
mark and you again you use sheet metal
screws put a couple in here and that'll
give you you know an eight-foot height
or whatever you want and that's how you
you
the greenhouse so it's a pretty simple
you can buy these benders there's a guy
here in Texas that makes them and I
don't know when I bought mine they were
like 80 90 bucks or something but I'll
tell you what to bend your own pipe it's
certainly worth it and it comes with two
holes where you just screw them to a
pallet or any anything that's you know
gonna give you some support so that you
can do the bend but that's that's how
you put a greenhouse frame together and
do it that way you can build the
structure very very cheap I know a lot
of people they'll they'll use rebar and
PVC and and all that but I'll tell you
what for the strength you get out of
doing this type of metal and the cost
difference between doing PVC and doing
metal I mean it's not that significant
of a cost difference it's it's really
quite cheap and you get a much much
stronger infrastructure that way so if
you're thinking about making a
greenhouse and thinking well I need to
use PVC please consider using pipe it's
it we've had 80 90 mile an hour winds
out here and these greenhouses haven't
had a bit of problems part of that too
is the cover I use it's a triple we've
we we we custom make them for four
people and to the size of your
greenhouse and they're like 12 year
plastic and so they handle wind and hail
and all kinds of stuff but using using
metal is a much stronger way to build a
greenhouse well I hope you found this
helpful I know it's a simple little
video I've got some more pipe to build
I've got a guy coming to pick up a
greenhouse kit today and this is the
last part of it
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