In a message dated 9/30/04 6:31:22 PM, gary2a@TELUS.NET writes:

<< You

can also use weld elbows and piece the whole thing together, no bending

required.

. . .  Also, all the bends

will be either 90 or 45 degrees.  This does not look correct. >>

This is not correct.  While in an ideal world all fit-ups would be made with
90's and 45's, the nice thing about butt weld ells is that they can be cut to
any amount of sweep from 1 to 89 degrees.

George