aluminium intercooler

[langy]

Cool.all the information I can get the better..

Pete just nailed it above, they are Parker

 

[Chris Stevens]

Small bead rollers (will go down to 16mm id) are available from Ebay for £75. Looks like pretty much exactly the same thing advertised by UK sellers for £200, so worth taking a chance on the £75 ones from China I guess?

Larger bead rollers can be modified to take smaller dia rolls, but not sure thats a great idea, and possibly the £75 Chinese will be good for occasional jobs?

Alternative and possibly the best option for anyone needing to do a single size of pipe is here: http://www.earls.co.uk/earls/accessories/tools/beadingtools.html

 

[langy]

Small bead rollers (will go down to 16mm id) are available from Ebay for £75. Looks like pretty much exactly the same thing advertised by UK sellers for £200, so worth taking a chance on the £75 ones from China I guess?

Larger bead rollers can be modified to take smaller dia rolls, but not sure thats a great idea, and possibly the £75 Chinese will be good for occasional jobs?

Alternative and possibly the best option for anyone needing to do a single size of pipe is here: http://www.earls.co.uk/earls/accessories/tools/beadingtools.html

I can do the Earls EZ beader they go from 3/8" - 2"

 

[hotrodder]

Do those Earls things actually work? I don't doubt they're capable of producing a circumfrential bump in annealed 1mm wall ally tube but a 'proper' well formed hose retention bead? In 1.5mm wall ally or 0.8 - 1mm wall carbon & stainless steel? Might be very wrong but i've always viewed them like those cheapnese exhaust expanding tools that are an utter waste of money

 

[mtt.tr]

Do those Earls things actually work? I don't doubt they're capable of producing a circumfrential bump in annealed 1mm wall ally tube but a 'proper' well formed hose retention bead? In 1.5mm wall ally or 0.8 - 1mm wall carbon & stainless steel? Might be very wrong but i've always viewed them like those cheapnese exhaust expanding tools that are an utter waste of money

Same question what stops it just swelling and distorting the pipe.

 

[langy]

Do those Earls things actually work? I don't doubt they're capable of producing a circumfrential bump in annealed 1mm wall ally tube but a 'proper' well formed hose retention bead? In 1.5mm wall ally or 0.8 - 1mm wall carbon & stainless steel? Might be very wrong but i've always viewed them like those cheapnese exhaust expanding tools that are an utter waste of money

They are reasonable for the money Peter but nowhere as good as a Parker, in my opinion aluminum is the only material they are for.

 

[langy]

Same question what stops it just swelling and distorting the pipe.

I send one once and you need to sneak up in steps, I never bothered again

 

[mtt.tr]

I send one once and you need to sneak up in steps, I never bothered again

A split form for the outside would be a neat solution.