Are there any videos on how to put a band on a pipe?
Not that I know of.
I didn't go near the subject on my YouTube channel because of the fractal nature
OF the subject. The thousand details to consider, each decision triggering another decision...
Also, ordering bands from suppliers one at a time isn't practical, but neither is having a thousand dollars worth of stepped sizes on hand. (The only middle ground is to enter a world called "chasing"---the hammering of a metal part to a certain size by hand---which is still another procedure that looks/sounds simple but isn't).
Adding to the general confusion is that
ORNAMENTAL bands installed as part of a pipe's design
ARE simple and easy. Select band, create recess, apply glue, & slip on. The pipe is shaped to the metal.
But shaping the metal to fit an existing pipe
AND fitting it accurately enough to create compression and stay put forever without glue can be insanity inducing. What's needed for a "diamond" or "square" shank (the most commonly cracked kind), for example, isn't four square panels that are square in cross section at all, but a geometric construct consisting of four scalene quadrilaterals whose axial cross section is also a scalene quadrilateral---and the entire thing must
TAPER approximately a half a degree along its axis.
Tons O fun, those...
Anyway, you get the idea.
