Sun, Aug 01, 2004
Company decides to manufacture its own MILSPEC/SAE-compliant
replacement tools
If you have been looking for a set of Parker beading tools for
your toolbox, you probably know that they have become harder and
harder to find. The Parker beading tool has for years been the
number one choice of mechanics for making hose clamping beads on
metal tubes. In fact, Aircraft Tool Supply, who used to sell them
on a surplus basis, eventually removed them from their catalog
because they simply could not find any more.
According to ATS' Des Lynch, the company nevertheless continued
to receive inquiries for the tools, and eventually decided to look
into what it would take to produce its own quality beading
tools.
After all was said and done, the company saw that it would take
quite a bit of money to design and produce a set of tools that
would meet their stringent QA requirements. Given the demand,
though, they decided to go ahead with the project.
The result is the ATS Pro Tube Beading Kit, a recreation of this
classic tool, with some enhancements of ATS' design, such as
ground, hardened and polished surfaces for mar-free beads in
aluminum, copper, brass and mild steel tubes ranging from 1/4 inch
to 1 inch diameters. The ATS Pro Tube Beading kit also meets
MILSPEC MS33660D and SAE AS5131 standards.
List price for the full tool kit is $399; Oshkosh show special
price is $315. If you don't need the full set of tools, you can
also buy three different packaged versions of the tools.
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