Copper Tubing Flaring Tool

[alectricfoxx]

This a great video. Quick as it is, you really show the most essential parts for this procedure. For 3/8" (inch) Cu (Copper) Class J, Soft Copper tubing (and the 3/8 is the Outside Diameter ( O.D. ) : when you use that type of "vise" , use a ¢5 nickel; place the tubing past the flare well on the tool the thickness of a nickel, that will produce a flare on the tubing that matches the flare fitting without going past the "flare". Be sure that the end of the tube is filed and deburred. =^.^=

[sharic4]

Tim, you would be a great teacher....

[cailleachthehag]

This was great and I went out to get a F.Tool $20.00 to help with a swamp cooler fix. How stupid was I. The tubing was supposedly 1/4" but it was from stupid H. Depot which very well may be 1/4....on the inside, doesn't fit most 1/4" fixtures. Am replacing 30 ft with true 1/4" from Ace Hardware. Am not happy with the original installers Airsmiths, Sacramento CA. They wouldn't even call back on another (gas heater) question.

[momoxsparco]

Thank you for the video! I am redoing the fuel lines on my car and doing a filter conversion. Im going to need to use different fittings and such and really had no idea how to use the flaring tool. Now i understand completely and am confident that i can get the job done. Great video man

[rabbithog]

i reduced the thickness of the largest hole by putting some sticky draught excluder around the inside radius but the pipe still just slides through without making the flare on the tube, complete waste of time

[AsktheBuilder]

@rabbithog It sounds like you've learned something by all this and by sharing your failure, you've helped others. Bottom line: Get the right tool to do the job. Flaring tools work. This video is evidence of that. Save your money and go buy a proper used or new flaring tool.

[rabbithog]

thanks, i think i need to get a metric clamp, i think their is a slight difference in our measurements, if i was on site where would i get a piece of rubber if i needed one lol

[rabbithog]

that was quick, thanks, can i improvise on the clamp i have got, tho only hole i can put the 15mm pipe through is 5/8, all the others are to small, thanks for your time

[AsktheBuilder]

@rabbithog You can try. Wrap the pipe with a thin piece of rubber. Good luck.

[rabbithog]

ok, i am using a flareing tool to flare the top of a piece of 15mm tube i am tightening the pipe holder as tight as i can get it but when i use the flare former it just pushes the pipe through the pipe clamp what am i doing wrong?

[AsktheBuilder]

@rabbithog Sounds like the clamping hole is the wrong size. It's too big.

[murphyld66]

Can you swage a copper tube or pipe, for soldering, with the tool you used in this video? If so would you please make a demonstration video for that to.

[donkeyballsification]

My question is this. Can I attach 1/4" soft copper to 1/2" pex? I want to make a home made power pipe to recapture heat from waste water and am planning on taking 1/2" pex to three 1/4" soft copper lines wrapped around a length of 3" copper drain pipe. The three 1/4" lines will be then tied back into 1/2" pex to continue on to the how water heater. Any ideas or comments on this idea? Thanks

[AsktheBuilder]

Yes. With all the proper adapters.

[donkeyballsification]

Ok, thank you. Would it be better to step down to two 1/4" soft copper lines or three 1/4" soft copper lines and then back up to 1/2" pex to maintain the right amount of water pressure?

[rabbithog]

thanks that was very helpful, oh i am so excited

[WILLGYS]

Thank you for uploading the vid, It has been very helpful.

[watchdog68]

My flaring project yesterday was on the 1" line coming into the house. I had to use the old fashioned punch type flaring tool and a hammer. The toughest part was trying to remove the flaring tool out of the pipe once it got wedge deep inside.

[Carlossangreazul]

nice

[tobyls2555]

Thanks! : )

[jkarav]

nice video very helpfull.thanks for sharing

[fixalotman]

hey tim great video quick question, can i use this kind of soft copper pipe for my water heater?because im planning to move my water heater in the back of my house any suggestions would be really appreciated thanks!!

[AsktheBuilder]

Your local codes should allow soft copper. Find out if it's possible.

[igotalottakids]

I agree flareing will work better then compession fittings, ive had to replace my bathroom faucet piping a dozen times. People kept saying compession couplers were the way to go, but from a 1/2 inch outside copper line to a 1/4in it wasnt working.Until actually learning to flare, i had many problems, now im about to fix it indeffinately with a simple flare.

[fahmirossi46]

i can do it..

[astranine]

Hi Tim, good video! I see some people have problems with flare fittings. It could be due to not squaring and deburing the copper before making the flare. I use this type of connection, with no problems, in HVAC where working pressures can reach above 300 psi. Thanks for sharing!

[OrignalLignator]

I see you have dies in your flare kit. Can one double flare copper, as you would steel brake lines?

[AsktheBuilder]

You can flare both ends of a copper tube. Easy.

[41Zman]

I dont trust a flared fitting. i use the compression sleeve because i am running gas through the copper line and dont want any kind of leaks. i collect and restore very old gas engines and the compression sleeves are the only way to go.

[supermattthehero]

Compression sleeves have their place, but I would never use them in a critical application, especially for gas. There is a reason that flared fittings are used in the braking systems on cars. Also consider that flare fittings will seal over 10x the pressure that compression fittings will.

[AsktheBuilder]

SuperMatt,

I agree 150%. There is no substitute for a flared fitting. They are approved for underground use in water supplies and in certain gas applications for a reason. Compression fittings are just not strong enough.

[nizmojoeblows]

that "thing" is called a yoke, and your lack of offset creates a terrible flare, which is shown up close when you display your flared piece.

[AsktheBuilder]

Indeed it is a yoke. I'm confused about your offset. That was a nearly perfect flare, no different from hundreds I've made over the past few years none of which have ever leaked. I went to your channel and there is not one video you have made. If you think you have a better method of flaring copper tubing, show us. Invest your time in front of a video camera instead of the keyboard.

[diymania]

My flares leak :(