Re: [ihc] Flaring tool?

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:48:51 -0700 Joel M Brodsky <jmbrodsky@domain.elided> wrote:

> I have two flaring tools.  Use them often.
> I'm curious about what it means to 'double flare' something.
> Does that mean that there is a layer of material folded over the first one
> so that the flared section is actually
> a sandwich of two layers of material?
> OR
> Is a double flare just like a bulge in the line, like a flare-out followed
> closely by a flare-in - like on a factory fuel pump outlet pipe for
> mechanical fuel pumps on '70s SVs?

both.

in the SAE system (US cars, english thread), double flaring is
the former.

in the Metric system, ISO flares are "bubble" flares, which are the
second thing you described.

richard
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