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Unread 06-15-2009, 09:37 PM
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Perfect. As you can see in the above picture there is a lip on the very tip of the bell end. You don't necessarily want so much of a lip because when you press it again the edges could begin to crack. If you remove some of the lip then the material that is left will be much more tear/crack resistant.

Here you can see how I filed the lip down to expose the end of the bell that was formed from the first pressing of the tube end. This is the really strong part that won't crack so much when you press it one more time with the flaring end of the press tool. Without the die inserted into the end of the tubing the flaring foot on the press will spread this part out with an appropriate flare to mate with the receiving end of the tubing hardware. You will see in the next post below.

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