Stove pipe elbows with clean lines?

[mj5001]

Don't they make an elbow 45 or 90 that has a nice smooth finish all around the piece (like it was molded or something?) -- all the elbows I see have those ugly ridges all around them -- for strength, no doubt.

Do they make elbows all smooth?

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

Elbows are made by joining pieces of metal together with seams to make the turn. I suppose they could be made somehow without seams but the cost would probably be too high to make it practical.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I really don't find them ugly. Just gives it a bit of character.

 

[webby3650]

Non are completely smooth. Some elbows have only a few ridges though, the corrugated elbows are the ones that are the roughest to look at. Your best bet would be a set of fixed 45's.

 

[wkpoor]

I actually like the look of the ribbed sweeping 90 better than the adjustable one.