Fw: [ihc] Re: good flare tool?

["Dennis Bernth" <scoutdude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Dennis Bernth" <scoutdude@domain.elided>
  To: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
  Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: good flare tool?


  >   John-
  >   Yeah, I got the next cheaper kit to the fifteen grand setup <g>.  The
bad
  > thing is, I could have bought that tool easy for the money I had put
into
  > trying to do it the cheap way over the years (and no, I'm not referring
to
  > the fifteen grand setup, I'm talking the $40 piece!).  You're right, it
does
  > have the wingnuts, but I just use a pair of pliers to give them a little
  > extra turn and it works fine. That has always been the problem with the
  > other flaring tools I have, no matter how tight you crank on the
wingnuts,
  > when you put the juice to the 'flaring' part it shoves the tubing back
  > through the die. Cheap has it's place, but a flaring tool is one place
you
  > can't scrimp on, not and be happy with how it works.
  >   Dennis
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
  >   To: "Dennis Bernth" <scoutdude@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>
  >   Cc: <jameslidberg@domain.elided>
  >   Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 12:25 PM
  >   Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: good flare tool?
  >
  >
  >
  >   > Jim,
  >   >
  >   > I was just looking at the tool that Dennis bought on Snap-On's web
site.
  > My
  >   > only complaint, that I know of, is that the tool has wing nuts to
  > tighten
  >   > down on the tubing.
  >   >
  >   > My Imperial has a handle like you'd find on a vise or a C clamp and
I
  > think
  >   > it's probably easier for old hands like mine to tighten down.
  >   >
  >   > I see that the kit containing the tubing cutter that Dennis was too
  > cheap to
  >   > buy <g>, is also available in larger sets starting at about $15,000,
so
  > you
  >   > might want to consider the larger purchase.
  >   >
  >   > John