[TheForge] OT Looking For Tool

[Paul Sperbeck]

hi ries

the tools that we were referring to put a 90 degree flange on the end of 
a brass tube for connection to a sink strainer.
see:

http://www.acetogo.com/product/sink-tailpiece-15x12.html

Sure wish I could find a picture of the set.
Those strainers are commonly 1-1/2" or 2" the latter size mainly is used 
on commercial sinks and restaurant equipment. The 2" size was not 
stocked too much, so it was common to order a 3 foot length of brass 
tube and make the tailpieces as needed... labor was cheaper when I was 
an apprentice in the late sixties..

paul

On 06/29/2011 10:38 AM, ries wrote:
> It has been a REALLY long time since these were in common use- and they were not for "pipe"- they were for brass tube.
> You can still get em for smaller diameter brass and copper tubing- Ridgid makes a nice one that goes up to 1".
> Above that, they sell pound in mandrels that flange thin wall tubing.
> http://www.ridgid.com/catalog/RT2004-076.pdf
>
> I dont think hand tools to flare inch and a half or two inch are still available, but there may be an industrial plumbing tool supplier that still makes em- if so, expect them to cost several hundred dollars.
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> ries
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