| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | Use an abrasive wheel on a Dremel tool to make the cut, then clamp the tube into a flaring tool backwards to its normal direction and use the back side of the flare block as a guide to square up the cut with a file. Be aware you'll have to double-flare any steel line you fabricate, brake or fuel lines. Trying to single-flare steel tubing results in a leaky joint and/or a cracked flare. Jerry
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