I picked up a husky professional 6-in-1 swaging tool to cut down on work time at the job site. Wh...I picked up a husky professional 6-in-1 swaging tool to cut down on work time at the job site. When I'm connecting two pipes together instead of soldering two joints I will only have to solder one joint. This will save me time and money because I don't have to buy couplings anymore.
When I ordered it from Home Depot I received it and took it out of the box it's 5- 1/2 in long and 3/4 in.thick on one side and the other side tapers down to 3/16 in. It's made of a hardened steel metal that is long- lasting and it will expand pipes from 3/16 to 5/8 of an inch. This is the 6 Dimensions it will expand pipe to 3/16,1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 OD. I opened the tool to try it out for the first time on a piece of 1/2 copper pipe. I put the swaging tool into the pipe and put the other end on the floor and hit the swaging tool about five times. I was in shock how good it worked. I took another piece of 1/2 copper pipe and installed it into the pipe that I just swagged and it fits perfectly.
I have never used a swaging tool before this but I'm going to tell you it's very simple to use and when I'm doing pipework I will use this swaging tool on every job now. The only thing that bothered me about this tool was it should have had the pipe sizes laser-etched into the tool then this swaging tool would have been perfect. You can't go wrong by purchasing this tool because it has a lifetime warranty.
I had a lot of fun using this Husky swaging tool. 4 stars for Husky but put some size markings on the tool. I do recommend this tool to save time and money. And I was surprised how in expensive the tool is.
by Makitaman