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CUTTING & FLARING To properly cut and flare tubing, the correct tools are essential. For example, you might think that you could simply cut tubing with a hacksaw, but a saw will leave a jagged ...
Flaring metal brake lines and metal fuel lines (or transmission lines) is something of an art when using the most common type of double flaring tool. We're talking about the mass-produced double ...
Tube bending and flaring tools are available from a variety of sources designed to fit many budgets. We will show you a few and how to use them.
I have an old-school brake line flaring tool that I've reluctantly used what seems like 1,001 times to flare 3/16 steel brake line. It's the inexpensive one available at the parts store with the ...
The Mastercool 71700 hydraulic flaring and swaging tool provides a powerful hand-held hydraulic press that accurately flares and swages copper tubing, providing consistency every time.
The 71700 Hydraulic Flaring & Swaging Tool is an extension of the patented Hydra-Swage design series. According to the manufacturer, the power is in the handheld hydraulic press that accurately flares ...
With a wide variety of compression fittings and push-on pipe connectors readily available in the marketplace, flaring copper tubing has become all but obsolete. Relegated primarily for use with ...
The latter is needed to configure your fuel line by double flaring metal-to-metal connections, as well as a small, flared bead on the end of any tubing that will be inserted into a fuel hose as an ...
"I'm a plumber and I thought there should be a tool to provide complete and effective flaring of copper tubing," said an inventor, from Elkhart, Ind., "so I invented the PLUMBING FLARE TOOL. My ...