Bill has been working on a beading tool for beading aluminum tubing
for use with rubber hoses and hose clamps in rad plumbing. PL


Don't bother to send it back Bill. Perhaps you could find
some tubing that was 0 heat treat state. I am not sure
what the heat treat on that sample of tubing I sent you  was
but it seemed a bit hard.
Paul Lamar

James Russell wrote:

Hi all:

        5052-O works pretty good for beading. Parker made billions of
tube beading kits
in black Bakelite boxes during the war - I 've had no luck so far
finding one that's complete - I've got
a buddy I bum off of... Earl's Supply was making single size beading
tools - rather than a kit to do them all - expensive I remember?
Don't forget - a thin coat of flat black paint  makes a piece of
tubing a better radiator vs. shiny Al ...

Regards,
James

 
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