Pipe bender storage

[malc]

Hello , has anyone come accross a plastic type tool box or similar to keep your pipe benders and other pipe working tools all together in. I have been using a cloth bag, but flux keeps rotting them and i`m getting fed up with searching the van looking for where the formers have dropped out.
thanks, malc.

 

[JCplumb]

I keep the formers in my blowlamp toolbox, they're not that big or heavy and can always find them. Also you can be pretty sure you already have that box with you if you need benders.

 

[Puddle]

Drill a hole through the formers and a hole or holes through one of the bender arms,when not using,bolt formers onto arm,job done :smile:

 

[quality]

Drill a hole through the formers and a hole or holes through one of the bender arms,when not using,bolt formers onto arm,job done :smile:

Great minds think alike, that's exactly what have done for years, But I drilled and tapped the bender arm so no nut is needed

 

[tamz]

Bender flung in the back of the van, easily found it is bright yellow, guides in the top tray of my toolbox so i can see them.

 

[secret squirrel]

Use plastic pipe job done...........

 

[Nostrum]

Don't go to work, never need to find them!

 

[MattWeth]

Bender and formers (and other random stuff) live in an open topped ply box on top of the wheel arch lining of the van.

 

[Puddle]

Use plastic pipe job done...........

Thought you were going to say ,no deed for formers :crazy:

 

[Destroyer2813]

Bender flung in the back of the van, easily found it is bright yellow, guides in the top tray of my toolbox so i can see them.

Sounds like the back of your van looks like mine then

 

[scotty plumber]

I keep mine in the box it came in but obviously it will fall apart at some point, i lost two 15mm guides last year!

 

[Mike Jackson]

Mine sits with one leg in a bit of waste pipe. The guides sit in the front of the store drawer. I've got two 15mm guides because I lost one last year and found it as soon as I bought a new one.

 

[Barry98]

i lost one of my wide jaw bachos last week and i know soon as i go buy one it will turn up

 

[TBServices]

i lost one of my wide jaw bachos last week and i know soon as i go buy one it will turn up

Send the new ones to me when it does


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[PlumbersMate]

Benders are in a bit of 4" pipe drilled to my bulkhead, and formers either in my bag or in a short bit of 1 1/4" pipe drilled to my bulkhead. Never lost them


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[AWheating]

a rubber seal from a soil fitting with a knot in the middle making a figure eight makes a good bender arm strap.

 

[Dannypipe]

Just buy a spring and throw the benders in the bin.:thinking2:

 

[Dannypipe]

I am kidding btw!! LOL.

 

[lambchop]

4" waste pipe standing upright is what I use to store the bender in my van. General plumbing tools, I have fat max open tote tool bag and have cut a variety of different size plastic waste pipe and created a honeycomb effect where I can store my tools in the bottom of the bag. It stops you pulling out half your tools out looking for one thing. Downside is if the bag falls over (only happened once) but will try and solvent weld pipe together or something when Im really, really bored...

 

[TBServices]

This is how I store mine in the van. Formers stay in the toolbox


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[Mike Jackson]

I was taught not to keep your formers with other tools as it damages the formers.

 

[Guest123]

I keep my guides in a drawstring bag that was used to hold the pegs for a tent and I've taped this to the leg of the bender. On the bender itself, I've attached a long cable tie, so I can hang it from a hook in the van.

 

[TBServices]

I was taught not to keep your formers with other tools as it damages the formers.

They stay in their own little compartment so as not to get damaged


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[Nostrum]

I used to have a bag which resembled a banjo case! was quite good but didn't last long, came free with a set of cheaper benders. I bought hilmors in the end but to be honest these were just as good if not slightly better, a lot smoother and the wheels never seized, unlike the hilmors. I gave them away before realising though!

 

[Gray0689]

Bender flung in the back of the van, easily found it is bright yellow, guides in the top tray of my toolbox so i can see them.

Lol same as