mkulikow
Member
I decided to put my big ole' engineering brain to work and come up with a fancy tool to replace all the cobbled together fittings that I use to flare tanks for silver solder. I have; what I believe to be, an AWESOME tool design that I would like to get made. 304L stainless, of course. The shop that I am having them made at can do them in volume a little cheaper. The idea is a stacked concentric tool with shoulders at 1", 1-1/2" and 2" (each slightly undersized by 1/32") to handle all the major fitting sizes that we use. The shoulder heights provide a hard stop so you don't have to worry about over/undersizing the hole. I am planning on just using short sections of pipe for the female side, but might entertain designing a proper collar for each of the required sizes. If anyone is interested, I can get the fitting built for around $60 and just figured I would see if there is any interest. I know I have at least 20 more holes to flare and this tool will save some me some serious time.