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[tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

clanSkeen wrote:

> > tvoivozhd---you will have no problem at att---PVC has a design 
> > temperature limit of 140 degrees F.before it starts to deform under 
> > pressure.
>
>
> I already got some good answers on this, and thanks, folks.  At $1.67 
> for a 20' joint of pipe, I can afford to play around with some and 
> ruin it with little consequence.
>
> But, TVO, since PVC can deform under pressure at 140 degrees, what if 
> I immersed the bits of pipe in boiling water and then form them over 
> the cone?
>
> James

tvoivozhd---should work---you wouldn't have internal pressure to help 
form the pipe---and 140 degrees is the rated temperature---really have 
to get up to 160 degrees before  the deformation is really noticeable.  
At 212 degrees your pipe should be quite malleable.