THIS WORKS PERFECT EVERY SINGLE TIME! - HOW TO FLARE EXHAUST PIPE - FLARING STAINLESS TUBING - DIY
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2024
- In this video " Mastering The Art Of Flaring Exhaust Pipes And Stainless Tubes: Diy Die Making For Perfect Shapes!" I explain my woes of trying to flare an exhaust tube which I needed for an ongoing project. Trying to have a few places do it for me had no success. Unfortunately living rural my options are quite limited. In the end, I think what i ended up doing here, thinking outside the box pays off. I can now flare exhaust pipe tubing over and over and not have to leave the garage. Pretty sweet right? First I explain how to flare exhaust tubing with this method i've chosen. Skip to 6:35 to see the tube get flared, I searched high and low for answers on this online, and saw a handful or Reddit articles and FB posts, no one really answered with "make a die"... which now, I mean it by wouldn't you? let me know what you guys think in the comments below. I love doing fabrication projects and figuring out how to DIY things. this is obviously the first try, and could definitely be improved. So far this works perfect every single time! And this is with 304 stainless! I think it's a great starting point to realize just how much you can do with a few key tools! I know they make flanging tools for swagers and stuff, but they are quite far out of my budget haha. Keep in mind this way of tooling, or forming, can be applied to many different situations and scenarios to help you achieve the outcome you need!
Hope you enjoy the video! Cheers! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Invaluable dies! Glad you found a killer machine shop! Try using some scochbrite to clean up ends of the tubes, works really well for aluminum
Yes sir! I'm sure you can relate to this in a huge way!!
Wow agenius
Thanks I needed this video right now.
Awesome! Super glad it was helpful!
Nicely done
Thank you! Cheers!
If you are only making sections, such as what you are showing, it would be good to have the female portion to make a stamping die set. You will get even straighter flares and less chance of dealing with inconsistent metallurgy, like soft spots/hard spots in the tubing, which would cause sideways distortion. The female portion has a lip to engage the non-flared end and notches cut on the lip to aid in removing the pipe section if needed. Thank you for sharing!
I have been searching for a good repeatable way to do this for 5 inch exhaust tubing, specifically for the turbo downpipe on semi's. This is a great idea, just need to find a machine shop that can do it for 5 inch. Great video sir, thanks!
Ahh, the ol' Marmon flange. Awesome! Glad it helped!!
I've been doing a similar thing in a similar way except it is straight, tapered, straight at a larger diameter. That makes it trickier, but, after a few tries, it seems to work OK now.
That's awesome. Like to bump out/expand the tubing to make a slip joint kind of thing?
Well, kinda. The tube is expanded just as you are doing it and then the edge is rolled back to cylindrical all in one "press". This to make welding up a flex connector a bit easier. The edge is only rolled over to cylindrical for about 1/4" to fit inside the flex connector.@@AtlanticBuilt
@@edwardtaylor4785 ahhhh gotchaaa!
I have been using the wheel end of an old cv shaft for that, had a close enough taper for my needs
That's a great idea! Hardened Material too!
I thought you were going to show using dimple dies but that is rather big I dont know if I have seen one that size . I am now curious if that might work also .
I hadn't seen one either, but figured I had to give it a whirl!
Nice tool you got turned. How many tons did you need to press it down?
I feel like it was around 12T! I'll watch closer on the next one, if it's any higher I'll chime back in here!
So I watched it, 10T will do the trick when using the copper Anti seize as a lube! Works much better. 😊
@@AtlanticBuilt Cool! Thank you for the info, and the tip on the copper anti seize. Me having a smaller press, it was interesting to hear how much it needs.
@@Karkmotuning yeah I gave it a try last night and it made a huge difference!
*promosm* 😣
Any chance the die was for 2 3/4”? If could you make two more and ship to FL or NY?thanks
It wasn't, any machine shop could do this for you though, guessing for Porsche or something? If you had the donut gasket, try to bring it to a local machine shop and see what they say. I think next time I will have one done in a harder material than just the cold rolled, but at first we weren't sure if it would do what I needed it to do.
Okay thanks for the info, yes for a Porsche. I’ll make some calls, it might have made sense if you had the die I needed.
Cheers
Hi what tonnage did it get to. Thanks
With lube/Anti seize it's under 10!
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oh great...all you need is 4000 in tools to do the job...nice.
You really only need a small press. A 12 ton would do it. Chances are if you're tinkering often you'll have, or have access to most of these tools.