ORIGINAL: AndyAndrews
ORIGINAL: causeitflies-RCU
ORIGINAL: dbarrym
Indispensible tool...mine has seen lots of use, both model and full scale!
But I find wrapping by hand and tightening with a small pair of wide nosed/needle nose pliers works better on tiny airline connections.
Barry
Small vice grips work like a charm
They do but.. This tool applies the correct bulling pressure while tightening. If you just twist with a vice grip the wire binds at the base before tightening around the hose. But you probably know to pull while you are twisting. I knew to pull but not to keep pulling tension the whole time while useing the vice grips. I thought it worked fine...and it does without doing that but its so much better of a twist if you pull a little while you are twisting. I never really noticed this until I used this tool.
Absolutely right!! It's all in the PULL! Keep pulling the whole time and you get perfect twists.[8D]