Tubing Beader

[David Harmon]

Thanks Verne....I stopped into Earls Friday and took a look at those
beaders but
wanted to get your opinion. I was a little skeptical about it because it
did not have 
any support on the OD of the tube. I wonder what tool NMP uses to bead
the headers
sold by Central...guess I'll have to call Al to find out.
The NMP header and extensions have a really good looking bead and upon
close inspection
it is apparent that there is OD support of the tube as evidenced by a
small tooling mark
on the base of both sides of the bead.
The WANCO unit does look pretty good but I dunno if I want to spend $137
on that thing
but if I have to I guess I will. At least I would be able to get rid of
all the worm drive
hose clamps along with the weight.
	Thanks
		Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
On Behalf Of Verne Koester
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:22 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Tubing Beader


Dave,
I hadn't seen the Wanco before. Now that I've gone to their site, I'd
give it serious consideration. Their use of male and female dies is
quite similar to the Parker unit which is no longer made. It's a
superior method than the one used by the Earl's unit. Plus, you only
need to buy one unit for a wide range of tubing sizes. With the Earl's
unit, you need a separate tool for each tubing size.

Verne


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Harmon" <k6xyz at attbi.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:43 PM
Subject: Tubing Beader


> Verne...how well does that beader work that you got from Earls? I need

> to bead a 5/8 od alum tube but I am concerned about the tool wobbling 
> because it does not seem to fit very well inside the tube. The WANCO 
> tool is a heckova lot better and supports the od of the tube but is a 
> lot more expensive.  http://wancotool.com/tube.htm What was your 
> experience with the Earls unit? Regards
> Dave
>
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