Oooh.. Yep, same here. My dies dont have a wrecked thread front like yours. Looks like someone pushed the threads in with the pump.
Now... I wouldnt think you should be able to do that if the dies were hard enough and the user was just flaring tubing. Any tubing, I dont care if its anealed or hard tube. The dies should be just as tough as the rest of the tool. It looks like the dies are soft.
Now you have me thinking. I might just set one up in the rockwell tester to give it a check. Ill bet she comes up on the soft side of what you would expect for a metal forming die. Interesting. JR
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