Making pipes - some questions

[puzzledpaul]

It was hard rotate each edge loop around its own axis in order to twist the curved pipes:

Dunno how you did it, m, but I probably would've

Selected eloop
Edge | rotate > rmb (and selected same eloop for its normal)
noted angle if eyeballed

select next eloop
CntrlD etc etc

Only doing the minimum number of ops - then mirror etc.

I hope whatever tube it's made from is suitably rated for the calorie challenged individuals in our midst

pp