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Old 14-03-2018, 17:40   #31
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Re: Clamptite hose clamp maker

All users said that no hose cutting with time...
I this is true, the tightness is much better because your are sure the hose is FIRMLY compressed on the tube
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Junk. Wont find them on my boat. I only use good quality all stainless rolled edge clamps like awab.

Cable ties or double sided velcro work fine for everything else. I alao have monel and stainless lock wire and my trusty 30+ yr old lock wire pliers.
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Any failures using monel? I am not familiar with that wire our its attributes
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Mo·nel
mōˈnel
noun, trademark
a nickel-copper alloy with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion.

And

As nickel and copper are mutually soluble in all proportions, it is a single-phase alloy. ... Small additions of aluminium and titanium form an alloy (K-500) with the same corrosion resistance but with much greater strength due to gamma prime formation on aging. Monel is typically much more expensive than stainless steel.
Monel - Wikipedia
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https://www.alloywire.us.com/products/monel-400/

No, I've not had any failures with Monel. I have had LOTS with SS wire.

As to the difficulty in tight places, I agree, but I managed several places which were very challenging in the course of redoing our forward head's intake, inside a cabinet at the turn of the bilge....
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Old 15-03-2018, 18:45   #34
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An even easier diy version.
1 bolt
1 big washer
1 nut


https://youtu.be/U03bJyd5dgA
So cool. Follow the link to see in use
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Junk. Wont find them on my boat. I only use good quality all stainless rolled edge clamps like awab.

Cable ties or double sided velcro work fine for everything else. I alao have monel and stainless lock wire and my trusty 30+ yr old lock wire pliers.
I agree, one time use, difficult to remove w/out damaging hose, another specific use tool to have aboard – no, thanks I'll get along fine w/out it.
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Re: Clamptite hose clamp maker

Band-it makes a wide variety of both continuous SS strip and preformed clamps. Very neat and I have never seen a properly installed in service.

I once temporarily repaired a pinhole leak in a stand pipe carrying 3,000 psi drilling mud and a small piece of rubber using a Band-it clamp. My boss would not believe there was a hole and cut it off to see, tried to weld the hole and blew it out bigger, so I fixed it again using a wider band - not many square inches for the pressure to work on in a pin hole.
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Anyone using one of these things?







I would love to not carry around 800 hose clamps that are all inevitably the wrong size anyway.


Great tool had one for years
Just practice a bit around a dowel to get it right.
Doesn't cut if you get the right tension.
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Old 16-03-2018, 05:32   #38
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I agree, one time use, difficult to remove w/out damaging hose, another specific use tool to have aboard – no, thanks I'll get along fine w/out it.
Nah, it's a piece of cake.

Just snip the bridge (the part between the folded-over ends), straighten to slip out of the folded over edges, and pull.

On the other hand, on my @!#$%^&*()*&^%$ water - cooled portion of my refrigeration, as I have to be in it not less than once a week, it's screw clamps for sure...
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Re: Clamptite hose clamp maker

Use those things as suggested in the video and anytime you have to take off the hose, you either buy a new one, or cut the end off the extra long hose you've left for just such an instance.

Never see'm on my boat, and if I'm working on yours, its going to cost extra if you've used them...

Could possibly be good in an emergency situation somehow, but one doesn't spring readily to mind...
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Use those things as suggested in the video and anytime you have to take off the hose, you either buy a new one, or cut the end off the extra long hose you've left for just such an instance.

Never see'm on my boat, and if I'm working on yours, its going to cost extra if you've used them...

Could possibly be good in an emergency situation somehow, but one doesn't spring readily to mind...
I presume you missed mine, directly above yours in the string? I've NEVER had an issue with removing one, and if you look far enough up, you can get the link to the dozens I made during our initial refit...

OTOH, your comment suggests you have worked on many boats which have them, and have not been able to remove them successfully.

Come on over to my boat and I'll show you how to get it off and replaced with nothing more than a pair of dykes...
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Use those things as suggested in the video and anytime you have to take off the hose, you either buy a new one, or cut the end off the extra long hose you've left for just such an instance.

Never see'm on my boat, and if I'm working on yours, its going to cost extra if you've used them...

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I presume you missed mine, directly above yours in the string? I've NEVER had an issue with removing one, and if you look far enough up, you can get the link to the dozens I made during our initial refit...

OTOH, your comment suggests you have worked on many boats which have them, and have not been able to remove them successfully.

Come on over to my boat and I'll show you how to get it off and replaced with nothing more than a pair of dykes...
The problem is not getting the clamp off (ever use any of the old style SS pex clamps?), it's getting the hose off, especially if it's been on for a while, and having to replace the hose because the end has been ruined by the distortion inevitably induced if tightened as shown in the video.

The beauty of high quality SS hose clamps is that, properly tightened, they are leak-free and both the hose and clamp are reusable.

If you have them, like them and use them, that is your lookout.

For me, they seem a solution looking for a problem...
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Come on over to my boat and I'll show you how to get it off and replaced with nothing more than a pair of dykes...
Yes well I had to google that up.
Never heard of side cutters wire cutters being called dykes.

I had other images running through my head when I read about "getting off with a pair of dykes".
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Usually spelled dikes.

Diagonal pliers, I guess it's an Americanism, many tool names don't translate well across the pond.
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