Flaring tool for 1/8 copper pipe

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Andrew Leak
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Flaring tool for 1/8 copper pipe

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I wonder if anyone knows where I might be able to borrow/rent an 1/8 inch flaring tool as I'm trying to get the primer pump pipe to gascolator fitted. Or any other method of using or adapting a fitting with compression joints instead? Any ideas considered.

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Bill McCarthy
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Post by Bill McCarthy »

Try a refrigeration engineer. "Machine Mart" have them but the smallest size in the kit is three sixteenths.
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Mark A
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Post by Mark A »

May be worth trying Gloster Air Parts, who are now Hampshire based. They have some equipment for hire.

I use the Parker Rolo-flair tool which has the correct flare angle for AN fittings.
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