Tube Beading Tool With Holding Tool Medium

Designed in the USA during WWII for aircraft applications. This is a proven tool with a long history. Available to the public by popular demand. Manufactured in Orange California using 100 USA materials. Useful to form a bead on rigid tubing for hose and hose clamp applications. Works on 38 12 and 58 O.D. tubing. Can be used on aluminum copper steel and stainless steel. Heavy duty inner and outer rollers are made from H11 tool steel for stainless steel tube applications. Our customers include Boeing Los Alamos National Laboratory US Marines US Army Sandia National Laboratories United Launch Spawar and SpaceX. Creates a bead per mil-spec MS33660D see photos and SAE Aerospace AS5131. Simple to use. Step 1. Place tube in the field service holding tool and cut to length with a tube cutter. Step 2. Deburr the I.D. and O.D. Step 3. Oil tube. Step 4. Install the beading tool tighten the knob and start the bead. Progressively tighten the knob with each 360 degree rotation. Field service holding tool securely holds round shapes from 14 to 1. Made in the USA from cast aluminum and hand-poured semi-soft polyurethane. Approximate dimensions for an individual jaw are the following Length 1.20 Height 0.70.