well just mite help some 1 on here to swage some tube like turbo pipes so rubber tube stays on the way its meant to on the cheap it has done fine on steel 38mm tube 1 pair of b&q mole grips and a exhaust clamp total cost £6.00 locost massive
home made locost style pipe sw

[Edited on 24/6/10 by imp paul]

Well I can see two pair of mole grips, so really am confused.
Any chance of an explanation?
I've had a hard day.

thats just so you can see the modded mole grips lol

The bottom jaw of the molegrips has half an exhaust clamp welded to it, the other half looks to have a washer welded on. You lay the tube in the exhaust clamp & the jaw with the washer on pushes the inside surface of the tube into the "slot" in the exhaust clamp.
It's not gonna be factory finish & I would'nt want to keep up with a production line but for DIY projects like we're on with I like it, wish I'd thought of it myself!

like it says its locost and works well factory finish will cost for a tool approx £300 so its your call lol frost do 1 linky http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9043&frostProductName=Bead+Form+I&catID=19&subCatID=18&FrostCat=Engine&Mechanical &FrostSubcat=Forming

i will stick with mine



[Edited on 24/6/10 by imp paul]

Cheers hillbilly.
Nice one Paul.

Still don't understand it! Plans and diagrams please