This probably a bit sad but I'm quite pleased with myself.
Went out to fit aluminium pipes for cooling system but ended up making a tool for ridging the ends of the pipe. What do you think of the results? Can
you buy a tool for doing this?
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looks good, what did you make/how does it work then and where's the diy guide
It wouldn't be any fun if I told you how I did it straight away! How would everyone else attempt it? All will be revealed once I make version 2
of my tool and take some pictures
yes you can buy tools to do that, but I'd bet there not cheap for something you wouldn't use too often.
Your results look spot on 
I'd like to see how it works too please!
Yep plumbers use them all the time. It has three or four ball bearings with a taper to push them out of the holes in the tool. The taper is threaded
so that you can wind it in and out.
Bruce
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Originally posted by daviep
It wouldn't be any fun if I told you how I did it straight away! How would everyone else attempt it? All will be revealed once I make version 2 of my tool and take some pictures
Would be very interested - go on - tell us how you did it!!
Chris
like this?
link
a snip at only £399 
The result looks spot-on. I've got to do the same so if I (along with many others) will be delighted to hear and see how you did it. I have a
swaging/beading machine but the tooling is too large for a coolant pipe.
A really good effort, well done!
John
quote:
Originally posted by daviep
It wouldn't be any fun if I told you how I did it straight away! How would everyone else attempt it? All will be revealed once I make version 2 of my tool and take some pictures
quote:
Originally posted by daviep
It wouldn't be any fun if I told you how I did it straight away! How would everyone else attempt it? All will be revealed once I make version 2 of my tool and take some pictures
Indeed, can we see version 1 please.... Don't particulary care about looks etc, just want ideas on a neat way to do this...
Cheers
Dan
Give me half an hour and I'll take a pic of my home made tool (ooo errr) which will put beads on pipes down to 12mm dia.
Made it ages ago.
Did all my ally and copper coolant pipes with it.
I will lend it out for the price of postage.
PS I used cheap TV aerial mast for large bore tube.
[Edited on 27-6-06 by BKLOCO]
There ya go
bead former in vice
bead former close up
bead former in use
Sorrythis ones out of focus
bead out of focus
This tool works fine in a vice turning the pipe by hand but is much better/faster if you use it in a lathe.
This is a piece of 16mm bore ally tube.
[Edited on 27-6-06 by BKLOCO]
I like TheGeko's designer work station.
[Edited on 27/6/06 by Confused but excited.]
NICE TOOL !!!!!!
Okay, you've got our interest!!
Come on, be a sport and tell us how you did it.
John
Sorry I had to go and work today so I've not been able to take any pics but I promise I'll take some good pics and post them with a list of
materials at the weekend. What I've made doesn't look anything like ant of those shown and you can use it in-situ.
Didn't mean to tease
So where is it?????????
bump!
is your camera broken?
tom
I've seen one made from a pair of mole grips with modified jaws, i.e. a groove in one side and a bump in the other with the jaws rounded to fit the pipe profile.