Custom A/C Hard Lines
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I'm a qualified refrigeration and air conditioning engineer/serviceperson and this is the "deluxe" flaring tool.
(There are many cheaper versions.)
(There are many cheaper versions.)
Residential or Automotive?
Flared automotive AC lines went by the way side here a few years back.
Most (R134 compliant) use an o-ring on a stepped section of the tube and a b-nut to secure the line to the fitting.
I am not aware of a tool that will make the tubing have the step required for the o-ring to set on.
I have this, (and yes, it is all that and a sack of fries), but I do not think that it will make the step in the larger tubing required for AC lines....
You can get crimp-on AC hose fittings from a Caterpillar dealer and have custom hoses made....probably from a larger NAPA or other decent hose shop as well...
Residential or Automotive?
I am not aware of a tool that will make the tubing have the step required for the o-ring to set on.
Neither Poser - My forte is Commercial/Industrial (with a preference for "heavy refrigeration work" rather than "air conditioning" too). I've very little experience of automotive air conditioning and all my experience is now "dated" because I left the trade more than 20 years ago.
I really only replied because Scott used the word "vintage" (that's me) and I was confining my answer to "flaring tool" without any specific knowledge of the "O-ring assisted flare joint" he refers to.
The flare joints I used to make were almost always "copper tubing onto brass fittings".
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Thanks for the reply guys, I was hoping for some type of hand tool to make this type of flare, but with all my searching I have found nothing, and this forum reaffirms this.
I also checked with Vintage Air and they stated the machine they have to create this type of flare is a large hydraulic machine.
The main reason for wanting hard lines is for installation asthetics, I believe I will be able to accomplish the same thing with soft lines, it just might not look as clean.
Again, thanks for your help
Scott
I also checked with Vintage Air and they stated the machine they have to create this type of flare is a large hydraulic machine.
The main reason for wanting hard lines is for installation asthetics, I believe I will be able to accomplish the same thing with soft lines, it just might not look as clean.
Again, thanks for your help
Scott
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So "Vintage Air" is a brand name then! (And I thought the capital "V" was just a typo!)
Doesn't this manufacturer know that the word "vintage" is sacred? It is even higher than the word "classic" (and that word must also be treated with the greatest respect).
The evils of "commercialism" at its worst - I say.
It was that word that quickened my heartbeat and made me think I could offer valuable assistance.
Back to my rocking chair then. Forget I ever spoke!!!
Doesn't this manufacturer know that the word "vintage" is sacred?
They are very aware!... more so than you can imagine.......
Throw some pics up of what you speak and when you get there and your setup.
Good luck
Bx