[DeTomaso] beading water tubes?

[Jerry R Knotts]

Will,

Here is an easily made hand beader using a vise grip and muffler clamp.

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/tech-tips/110097-cheap-tubing-bead-roller.html

An alternative to this is a large strap hinge with the clamp welded inside 
one arm and the woodruff key welded inside the other.  If you grind the 
muffler clamp flat and use the tool with an air chisel flat driver blade or 
inside a power planishing hammer you also have a sheet metal groover for 
stiffing lines in aluminum and steel panels.  Since my had strength isn't 
what it was some years ago I find the power beader and grover a lot easier 
to use.

Lazy in my old age,
jerry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Kooiman" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] beading water tubes?


>I didn't put a bead on my polished stainless pipe 1 3/8" and 1 3/8" hose.
>
> I lubed it with blue rtv, figuring it would help the pipe slide into the
> hose, and once cured would help it all stay put.  I double clamped it too.
>
> I only recently pulled it apart, after having sat with no water for over a
> year.
>
> It slipped right out.
>
> When I put it back together, I'm going to have a bead of some kind on the
> tube.  Losing a hot water hose under pressure isn't my idea of fun.
>
> a) take it to a muffler shop and have them expand the pipe a bit, and then
> cut off the excess
> b) buy a tool to expand the pipe, and then cut off the excess
> c) buy a cool tool I saw to roll beads - but it's expensive
> d) the compression fitting comment that was made earlier in this thread
> sounds interesting.  I may look into that.
> e) I have thought about wire wrapped around and soldered as previously
> mentioned.
>
> So many choices.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 4:15 PM
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] beading water tubes?
>
> In a message dated 6/4/11 11:04:06 AM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
>
>> I bought some 1 1/2 stainless tubing to run under the car and and am
>> wondering about getting a bead on it. Is a bead necessary with a double
>> clamped hose? Is it easier to lay a small bead with a welder?
>>
> A bead may not be necessary if you use water to ease a 1-3/8" dia hose on.
> If you use WD-40 or similar, maybe..., Some guys solder or braze a small
> piece of wire around the tube to make a bead, SS brazes beautifully once 
> any
>
> polish is scrubbed off. Professional beaders are a couple of hundred 
> dollars
>
> in cost. Good luck- J DeRyke
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