Flaring kit

[Bockscar]

Has anyone seen a flaring kit like this and tubing cutter

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[Private Lugnutz]

Yes. Duro-Chrome made one like that in the late 1930's and WWII. It's an early anvil style. You strike it with a machinists' hammer. Not saying yours, which is different in shape, is a Duro. Yours looks newer, too.

EDIT:

The Duro-Chrome model was also made a little different. The yoke had a thumbscrew to hold the die halves together.

Here on the right is the image of one in a little collecting cheat sheet I have done for WWII collectors (ignore all the timeline gobbeldygook).

And below is a thumbnail of an example.

 

[Bockscar]

Yes. Duro-Chrome made one like that in the late 1930's and WWII. It's an early anvil style. You strike it with a machinists' hammer. Not saying yours, which is different in shape, is a Duro. Yours looks newer, too.

EDIT:

The Duro-Chrome model was also made a little different. The yoke had a thumbscrew to hold the die halves together.

Here on the right is the image of one in a little collecting cheat sheet I have done for WWII collectors (ignore all the timeline gobbeldygook).

And below is a thumbnail of an example.

So now I need a machinist hammer[emoji849]........would this be used more for softer metal lines.....and it has absolutely no markings anywhere

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[Private Lugnutz]

I am using that as a synonym for a ball-pein hammer. Any suitable ball-pein hammer will do. This style flaring kit was used on the same tubing as the screw down type. Just a different kind of force.

 

[ttpete]

I'd be using a copper hammer or a rawhide mallet. That striking face is starting to mushroom.

I don't believe in hitting steel with steel hammers unless the tool is designed to be used that way, things like punches and chisels. I have a set of hammer operated flaring tools, and wouldn't think of using a steel hammer on them.

Be sure and check whether that tool is for 37 or 45 degree flares.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Bockscar,

The way you were looking for markings, I couldn't tell if you were interested in that hammer type as a collectible or what. If you really picked that up as a user, but you'd rather not mess around with a hammer type, I have picked up a few screw type flaring kits for cheap at flea markets hunting for a keeper for a WWII set. These are all vintage 40's or 50's (Imperial Brass, Superior, two Waldens, and a Craftsman), and I can pass one along for basically postage if you need one. PM me.

 

[Bockscar]

Bockscar,

The way you were looking for markings, I couldn't tell if you were interested in that hammer type as a collectible or what. If you really picked that up as a user, but you'd rather not mess around with a hammer type, I have picked up a few screw type flaring kits for cheap at flea markets hunting for a keeper for a WWII set. These are all vintage 40's or 50's (Imperial Brass, Superior, two Waldens, and a Craftsman), and I can pass one along for basically postage if you need one. PM me.

Hey thanks.....but I already have two flaring kits.....I bought this one 1)the tubing cutter was in the same flat and I have never seen any like that and 2)For some reason I have never seen a flaring kit like that.....only paid a couple dollars for it and not really sure how well one of those would work.....I was at an auction and I cannot let cheap tools get past me

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[Private Lugnutz]

Same. Have fun with it.

 

[bonneyman]

Never saw either of those designs in the wild before.

Very old school.