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Tube cutters are very convenient. However, they tend to leave a sharp ridge inside the end of the tubing. This narrowing just at the very tip can cause turbulence, pressure drop and flow restriction in the line. While this issue is easily fixed with a de-burring tool on soft metals like copper, stainless is quite hard which makes it difficult to remove the burr. The saw teeth leave a burr also, but the are quite a bit smaller and can be easily handled with a hand tool. If I was to be working on tubing in the shop all day, my preferred cutting tool would be a band saw. But I understand that band saws are not viable for field use.

The best way to get in touch is to go to Superlokworld.com and submit a contact form (about 2/3 down on our home page.) or give us a phone call. I would love to answer any questions that I can.

There is an element of truth in the "left and Right" idea. However, I feel it is confusing to say left and right. These are subjective terms that would be impacted by your position relative to the work. If we consider the origin of your measure to be the "Right" and the tail that you measure towards the "Left" then when you have the "right" side clipped into the latch you are bending toward the "left". This would use the "L" mark to make a 90° bend. If there is not space for your bender to bend in this direction, you will have to Reverse the direction of the bender now bending from the left to the Right. This would then use the "R" mark to make the same 90° bend at the correct location. For this reason, I would say that "L" is for L bend and "R" is for reversed bend.

You are correct. This is a viable method to measure center to center if the fittings are in the same plane and you are making a straight line between them (as in the video). However, once a few more dimensions are needed, it gets a bit more muddled. At that point you can either measure to the center or start doing some math to subtract half of your fittings diameter.

1" tubing can be bent using a couple of different options of tool. They do make large scale lever style benders for 1" tubing, but it would be easier to work with something like an Imperial 270 gear type bender. The important thing to keep in mind if you are bending any size of tubing for use with tube fittings, is make sure you are using a quality bender that does not mar the surface of the tubing. At higher pressures any imperfections can become a failure point.

This tightening procedure is correct for all tube fittings between 1/4" and 1"

3/4 turn for 3/16 inch and smaller and 2, 3, and 4 mm. Also when you remove ferrules in real time applications your built in gauge gap will break loose,but you will leak or projectile. @@SuperlokTV

The pressure rating of these fittings is dependent on the diameter and wall thickness of the tubing used. For this video we were working with 3/8" diameter tubing with a 0.035" wall thickness. This tubing selection would limit working pressures to 3,300 PSI (227.5 Bar). If we would have used a 0.049" wall tubing we could go up to a working pressure of 4,800 PSI (330.9 Bar) or up to 6,500 PSI (448.2 Bar) with a 0.065" wall tubing. It is always best to consult a pressure rating chart before selecting tubing for your application, especially since these values change significantly with the diameter of the tubing as well.

Thanks for the question Millan, This information can be found on the spec sheet for the fittings. Here is the spec sheet for the Superlok i-Fitting uploads-ssl.webflow.com/614a0a8332b6ab3696001910/639caec79f35af95e9dd6182_Superlok-i-Fitting-Full-Catalog.pdf It may be different if you are using a different brand of fitting.

Hi, Micheal! Thanks for the kind words and glad you liked the video. I have not personally used the Rigid brand bender, but we have recently sourced a few of them and they seem like a good quality tool. Can you explain the issue you are having a little more? What exactly is popping in and out?

Hey Peter, Glad you liked the video. These are good requests and when I get a moment spare I may make a follow up video soon addressing these things. Just to be sure that I understand, what exactly are you meaning by "laying out marks"?

I would like to know what the diameter of the tube is?

edge to center. done.

@@interceptzen1799 Again though, that's approximate. The edges are exact.