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From: "Scott Krueger" <sky2high@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Hydraulic System Experience - Plumbing
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:02:07 -0500
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Where was the LML when I was building in the early 90's? Eh?

I never was good at plumbing -- frequently mis-bending tubing an inch or 
two, long or short and flaring the end before putting on the sleeve and nut. 
  I always thought flare was what you did before landing!  I must have used 
20 more feet of tubing than anyone else and ended up with a bent collection 
that provided pop art for a corner of the garage.  Worse yet, I used the 
German torque chart, Gut-Und-Teit Uber Alles, for securing the nut.

Thanks for the comments on methodology for making good flares and properly 
tightening the nut.  This includes an earlier, perhaps forgotten, point that 
using a tube cutter (especially a dull one) can work harden the very area 
that is going to be stretched and thinned during the flaring process -- a 
sure formula for cracked flare ends.  Use a sharp hacksaw blade, file the 
end square and clean up any burrs before flaring.

My Legacy project will be so much better, not only from personal experience 
but also from the shared knowledge gained here on the LML.
Scott Krueger.....LNC2 - N92EX


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