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    Default pocket sized tubing tool

    We are developing a new smaller easier to use tubing tool.Based on our own experience with tubing pliers we feel this tool has a few advantages.
    - It puts both hands close to the fitting you are trying to install.
    - You can open and close it more accurately than pliers with long handles.
    - You dont have to brace one of the plier handles against your side when starting a fitting.
    - It is machined to tight tolerances,so it slides freely and stays aligned when pressing the tubes together
    - It is small,light weight,and will fit in most coat pockets
    - It works so smoothly that most new semi rigid tubing will push together with your bare hands
    - It has an acme screw (for long life) to handle harder or cold tubing that cant be hand pressed
    - It has a 1/4" hex to fit any cordless screwdriver or drill
    - It cost less than pliers
    We are open to comments.please feel free to watch the video in the link below and let us know what you all think.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r2KL...pG61-w&index=1
    thanks
    pwm

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    Looks pretty nice. How much?

    Spud

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    As Spud said how much, looks good!
    Brian
    Velvet Hollow Sugarworks
    Greenwood, Maine
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    X3 How much and how does it work on larger or smaller tubing

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    Looks like messing with three items instead of one. Much smaller for sure.

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    I love new toys!

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    sounds like a good idea. The physical size of the existing tubing tool is the second reason I have never used a tubing tool.
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    I don't mind using the regular two handed tool, when I've got a lot of drops to install I don't mind lugging it, mine has a shoulder strap. This little guy would be ideal for repairs though. I would buy one just for that. Are they going to be a ails me for sale? What is the price, and how do we get one?

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