Lip in IC tubing

[GPSMatt]

i dont kno if this is really the right place to post this but there really isnt a shop talk forum or anything... How do you get the lip in inter cooler tubing i have seen people weld a bead around the end of the pipe anyone kno of the tool and where i can get it?

[DTanklage]

i welded mine

you dont have to weld all the way around it

6 small beads would prolly keep it from pushing apart

i welded mine all the way around but mine are steel tubes

would be hard to keep bead small with alum

good luck finding a tool that puts a bead in tubing that small...

i used to runa a sheet metal shop and we didnt have anything that would do it

i am sure someone does...dunno where tho

[GPSMatt]

i was thinking something like this

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but obviously it would have to be shaped diff to just expand and put the lip in it

[TWorline]

i was thinking something like this

[img]http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/37300-37399/37354.gif
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but obviously it would have to be shaped diff to just expand and put the lip in it

You could send it to me to roll the beads on or here is the tool that does it.
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=sheet+metal+fabrication+kit

[GPSMatt]

link didnt work?

[TWorline]

link didnt work?

Try it now.

[GPSMatt]

ah 200 isnt a bad price at all how is the quality of it we all kno how HF stuff is its hit or miss

[TWorline]

It is designed to work 18ga. mild steel, I had to do some modifications to it to work my 16ga. stainless tubes. I have been using it for about a year now and have not had to remake anything yet.

[GPSMatt]

that sounds prety good watd u have to do to get it to do the stainless?

[TWorline]

Just had to reinforce the throat to keep the rollers in line. With the added stress of thicker/tougher metal they wanted to walk away from each other and not keep the squeeze presure needed to make the beads.

[Philip]

Tim the old model bead rollers that Eastwood used to sell does the same thing on the jaws.

I rolled the tubes on MiDon's 1st gen house.

[GPSMatt]

thanks guys you've pointed me in the right direction a bead roller.

[TWorline]

The first time I noticed the lack of squeeze pressure it was 2:00 in the morning and I had cranked for 3 minutes with nothing happening, severe brain fade!