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Maybe a crazy idea, but . . .

Setting up this spring and bending jig seems like a lot of work, and I don't have a lathe. . . . But . . .

Why not just use plain old 1 1/4" DWV PVC and make the bends with the solvent glue plumbing fittings that go with them? I am thinking of using two 45* elbows to make the right angles so the bends aren't too tight for the effluent. And as long as I am getting the heat gun out. . . . Can't I get the 1 1/2" head hose to stretch enough to go over the unmodified 1 1/4" pipe with the application of a little heat? The whole assembly could be roughed in with the PVC fittings, with the pre-mounts sanitation hose cut to size for the fine tuning. . . .

I don't really need to see what I ate . . .

Am I crazy?

-- Karl

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