MYBAD79
Moderator
I just flared 3/8" stainless tubing tonight .... made one mistake: used a tubing cutter ..... it's called "work hardening" and the material cannot be flared unless you use some $$$$ tool.... 
I cut 1" off the tubing using a hacksaw, filed the tubing end clean, deburred and it flared easy .....
				
			I cut 1" off the tubing using a hacksaw, filed the tubing end clean, deburred and it flared easy .....
 
	 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		