Need some Snap-On help (Scorp)
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Need some Snap-On help (Scorp)
Hey Scorp, can you ask your dad which part number I need for a flanging tool. I can't find it on the website.
I'm not sure if flanging tool is even the right name. I want something that will take pipe(approx. between 1/2 inch and 1 inch), and open it up into a female fitting(like how the fuel filter lines are), so I can install A/N fittings.
Also, I need a pipe bender(37 or 45 degrees) for approx 1/2 to 1 inch piping.
Thanks, I don't want to have to deal with Aeroquip, they do all of the stainless braided lines and hard lines on our choppers, and I'm not impressed with their quality.
I'm not sure if flanging tool is even the right name. I want something that will take pipe(approx. between 1/2 inch and 1 inch), and open it up into a female fitting(like how the fuel filter lines are), so I can install A/N fittings.
Also, I need a pipe bender(37 or 45 degrees) for approx 1/2 to 1 inch piping.
Thanks, I don't want to have to deal with Aeroquip, they do all of the stainless braided lines and hard lines on our choppers, and I'm not impressed with their quality.
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Re: Need some Snap-On help (NoWorries)
I think that you need a flaring tool. The kind like you use to flare brake lines. The only thing is that you will be having trouble getting one that will flare up to one inch. What kind of tubing are you flaring. Stainless tubing is very brittle and hard to flare. The trick is to warm it up a little to make it flexible. But you have to be careful or it will split. I am not sure what you are dong. But on most 3/4 and 1 inch tubing, we normally use a compression type fitting which seems to be easier to work with. An electrical pipe conduit bender will work with steel or even stainless tubing if you are very careful. I cannot be more specific until you tell me exactly what you are doing. :confused:
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Re: Need some Snap-On help (NoWorries)
A brake tubing flare tool is the wrong flare angle. For A/N fittings you need a 37 degree flare. If snap-on doesn't have it, then look for an aircraft tool supply. A tip on bending tubing is to fill the tube with sand and then bend it. This helps prevent kinking, but maybe too much trouble with a small radius bend.
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Re: Need some Snap-On help (NoWorries)
Thanks guys. I don't know what I was thinking with that big of a tube. It was 1:30 in the morning. The standard size we use are 3/8 inch lines for fuel and oil routing in our helicopters. I'd also like to redo a few lines on my car, and my roomate just got a TH350 for his Chevelle, we need not make some cooler lines to run to the front of the car.
I'll need a 37 degree for work, probably get a 45 degree also. Thanks for the tip with the sand, I never would have thought of something like that. :D
Thanks again.
I'll need a 37 degree for work, probably get a 45 degree also. Thanks for the tip with the sand, I never would have thought of something like that. :D
Thanks again.
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Re: Need some Snap-On help (NoWorries)
If you are bending a 3/8 inch tube, there is another tool for that...It looks like a spring about a foot long with compact rings, and a flare at one end for easy tubing insertion. Looks like this
about 4 bucks
or this is another type
About 8 bucks at mytoolstore.com
about 4 bucksor this is another type
About 8 bucks at mytoolstore.com