Gidday,
Sorry to keep going on about this but I have a problem, I think. The flairing
tool I have appears to be high quality, but there are a couple of areas where I
am unsure. IT is a Parker Rolo-Flair 37 degree tool. It has a multiple pipe
diameter clamping system which is an extension from the handle, and ontop of
this is a bridge system that elevates a centrally located spindle above the
pipe, which comes in from the opposing side. Within this threaded spindle is
the flairing die and it winds into the pipe that is clamped to a pre determined
depth by a depth gauge feature, which is very nicely engineered. So, my problem
is that the spindle is loose and so is the bridge support, but only by a little
bit. It results in the die winding down into the tube, but allows it to become
"non concentric" within the scope of the sloppiness of the spindle. Suffice to
say, as you wind it into the pipe it migrates in an uncontrollable direction,
or at least I can't control it. So I want to know if this sloppiness is normal?
It is made by Parker in the US and I seem to recall it is called a Roto
Flairing tool. Red Handle, bronzy coloured metal. Has anyone else had the same
problems, and if so, how do I stop it happening???
Reg
Tony Renshaw
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