that is an awesome tool.... I'm going to have to make one. Have you figured out a way of bead rolling smaller lines (eg: metal fuel lines? )
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You can get size specific ones for around $30 if you shop around, eg 5/16", 3/8" etc.
Like the image.
For some people the car is just a fashion accessory. Compare dyno printouts, but never use the power.
I have posted in the Renault Forum about a bead tool that can do all sizes. For those who don't read the Renault Forum, I have bought myself a cheap electrical terminal crimper from Ali-Express or one of those sites and then I removed the ratchet goodie completely and ground the one side of the nose away for access to the smaller tubes. Electrical lugs can still be crimped as well.
I have photographed a fuel filler neck that I did and that is mild steel. Then as a test, I made a bead in a 20mm Aluminium pipe and it works fine as well.
This is the filler neck.
This is the 20mm tube all done with one tool.
This is what the tool/crimper looks like. Note the piece that I cut on the bottom jaw to go into the smaller diameters.
Regards. Frans.
I have photographed a fuel filler neck that I did and that is mild steel. Then as a test, I made a bead in a 20mm Aluminium pipe and it works fine as well.
This is the filler neck.
This is the 20mm tube all done with one tool.
This is what the tool/crimper looks like. Note the piece that I cut on the bottom jaw to go into the smaller diameters.
Regards. Frans.
A mate of mine bought one of these off EBay for around $80. Clamps it in his vise and it spits them.out like bought ones, both aluminium and steel.
I rang him and he said it does pipe from 5/8" and up.
I rang him and he said it does pipe from 5/8" and up.
That flaring tool look similar to the quick release axles used on the wheels on manual wheelchairs. The ones we use at work is 10 and 12mm but they might be avaliable in other dimmensions too.
That's quite clever! But I will say that I also used ali tube and silicon bends, and if anything, separating the two later was a challenge, even without any ribbing on the tube!