[FC] Fw: making ones' own brake lines

[Eric Kirven]

As my Pops once told me "Buy good tools and you only cry once." Pops was correct. 

Eric

--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:

> From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> Subject: Re: [FC] Fw:  making ones' own brake lines
> To: "Corvanatics Membership" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 6:50 PM
> Well, I don't claim to be a true
> craftsman, but I've found that good  
> tools make the difference between a job that's a chore and
> a  
> pleasure.  I couldn't turn out a consistent good
> double flare with the  
> cheap tools (I tried three), but with the Ridgid flare tool
> I easily  
> turned out four in a row that were *all* better than the
> merely  
> satisfactory flares I got with the cheap tools.  Good
> tools won't turn  
> a hack into a craftsman, but I think using cheap tools is
> often a path  
> to a less satisfying outcome.
> 
> --Bryan
> 
> On Jan 18, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Paul Steinberg wrote:
> 
> > The best tool in the hands of a person that doesn't
> know how to  
> > properly
> > use
> > it, doesn't work very well.  In the hands of an
> experienced person,  
> > even a
> > cheap tool can be made to work.  All too often,
> the tool is blamed  
> > when
> > actually it is the experience or lack of experience
> that makes the
> > difference.  Making double flares is almost an
> art form...........
> > Paul in  CT
> 
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