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02-09-2006 07:10 PM #1
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I wasted money on the Speedway tool (37 degrees flare) and it actually broke when I tightened it by hand trying to get the flare and then I took my pre-bent tubing to a nearby shop and they had a clamp that actually left an impression on the outside of the tubing and they used a hammer and a special punch to make the inverted part. The clamp was rectangular and clamped at least an inch of the outside of the tubing and it did not slip when the hammer tapped the inverted flare. I do not know where to get that type of flaring tool but I know the one from Speedway is useless. Even so, out of about 20 flares there is one that still leaks and I will have to redo it. Let me say that I worked in a refridgerator factory and flared a LOT of copper tubing and am pretty good with copper, but stainless is a whole different game!
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodderLast edited by Don Shillady; 02-09-2006 at 07:13 PM.
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Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
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