On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Paul Burr wrote:
> John: Calm down! By a lentgh of tubing and do a dozen or so practice
Got this already and have frustrated self and others with very strange
looking flares.
> flares. I've found that 2 things are crucial. Frist, the height of the
> tubing above the die must be right. Check the instructions that cam with
> it. (YOu did get the inst.?) Secondly, the tubing must be clamped
Ha! This is where I'm lacking. Even a new one (Hastings) had no
instructions. (No obvious ones, anyway)
> tightly so that it acutualy gets formed, instead of sliding out of the
> die when the pressure is applied.
What I've found is that the doubler (?) gets stuck in the tubing when I try
to flare it.
> BTW, I've found that the cheap (ie., made in an asian country whose name
> you can't pronounce) tubing flare tools are useless. I spent $40 8 years
> ago for a USA made automotive tubing flaring set. It has served me
> flawlessly. The cheapy one I had went in the trash after the first day!
I am using an older, American (I think) flaring tool and a Hastings
doubler. If I buy a new one, it's either the Hastings set ($60cdn) or
the Super-Ego single flare ($42cdn), made in Spain, or whatever Canadian
Tire has for $30.
My problem is, the college is starting to breathe down my neck, as is the
insurance corp, and they're the ones that have reserved my money :(
-Malcolm
Too many rocks and not enough sand.
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