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blakep82 - 6/4/10 at 02:00 PM

i remember there were some videos re this a while back, but is there an easy way to do it without new tools?

i guess it could be done easy enough by running a small bead of weld around a tube?


iank - 6/4/10 at 02:37 PM

Depending on the tube diameter and material you can solder on a plumbing olive.

The tool from B&Q mango found is probably not up to steel, but is good and cheap for aluminium if you can source one.
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=129030


dave r - 6/4/10 at 03:33 PM

i have "beaded " stainless pipes for my bottom hose by putting a few tack welds on them
as longe as the hose clip is behind them, it cant come off
dave


Stott - 6/4/10 at 04:49 PM

I did mine the other day with a ball bearing welded into a pliers and a groove filed into the other side, did copper 15mm and 28mm and also ali 32mm but that was 1.2mm wall vacuum cleaner pipe so thinish, quite a good result though! See:




blakep82 - 6/4/10 at 05:05 PM

ooh, interesting
like the self made tool there. might give that a go. it'll be aluminium pipe. been on ebay looking for hoses, need 34mm, but the shop i'm looking at do 35mm hose, but no 35mm joiners! going to end up making them myself i think...


mangogrooveworkshop - 6/4/10 at 06:02 PM

Blake I have a tool you can use. U"U me your details


02GF74 - 6/4/10 at 06:45 PM

DIY tool


blakep82 - 6/4/10 at 06:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Blake I have a tool you can use. U"U me your details


cheers dude! haven't actually bought any tube yet, so might be a little way off actually doing it, so will give you a shoult when i've got the bits in

what wall thickness aluminium tube would you suggest for your tool?

if ebay doesn't come up with any 35mm joiners, i'll buy some 35mm ali tube and do it myself


blakep82 - 6/4/10 at 06:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
DIY tool


is that what it was?! lol i could never work it out, but i now see it works really well!
quite like the pliers with ball bearing welded in though.