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=20 =20 The other tool is bench mounted, and is probably the one you were referring to. I found a number of FT2015, but no online prices. Out of curiosity, I sent an email to HoseXpress. They list both tools, but no prices. =20 http://www.hosexpress.com/hose/socketless/FHKit.htm =20 You can afford to spend a gazillion dollars on a Lyc AND a 396??=20 =20 The term is "invest", not "spend". At the moment, building an RV with a new Lycoming, and CS prop is a better investment than my 401K. When I built my first RV-8, I thought long and hard about putting a rotary engine in it, but (very wisely $$$) decided against it. When I sold the plane, the profit essentially paid for the whole RV-3 experiment. =20 =20 Honestly I do agree with this, however that won't stop any of us from giving you a hard time about going over to the dark side :-) =20 Todd =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C60CD4.5632BEC8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

The small = handheld tool=20 looks like it would work well & for $30, it would be a good=20 investment.

The = larger=20 benchmount tool is identical to the one I have at home. It was the = forerunner to=20 the model that I sent the pic of. It works but no where near as well as = the=20 newer version. One of ours at work broke and this is when the boss = bought 3=20 of the new ones for the shop. The broken one was discarded, so I=20 resurrected it.

I wouldn't = buy this tool,=20 as it really is inferior to the new style. Neither of these benchmount = tools=20 actually need to be bench mounted (none of ours are)

Even though = I've not=20 actually seen or used one of the small handheld tools, from the pic it = looks=20 like it would do just fine and would be the best choice for an = occasional=20 user.

There seem=20 to be two tools in the Aeroquip catalog for this purpose. One is a = handheld tool, that will only do -4,-6, and -8 sizes. Amazingly = Summit has=20 it in stock, for only about $30. http://snipurl.com/l59l

The other tool is bench mounted, and is = probably the one=20 you were referring to. I found a number of FT2015, but no online=20 prices. Out of curiosity, I sent an email to HoseXpress. = They list=20 both tools, but no prices.

http://www.h= osexpress.com/hose/socketless/FHKit.htm

You can afford to spend a = gazillion dollars=20 on a Lyc AND a 396??

The term is "invest", not = "spend". At the=20 moment, building an RV with a new Lycoming, and CS prop is a better = investment=20 than my 401K. When I built my first RV-8, I thought long and = hard=20 about putting a rotary engine in it, but (very wisely $$$) decided = against=20 it. When I sold the plane, the profit essentially paid = for the=20 whole RV-3 experiment.

Honestly I = do agree with=20 this, however that won't stop any of us from giving you a hard time = about going=20 over to the dark side :-)

Todd

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