Plumbers tool??

[mossman70]

Hi all,
My plumber fitted a new boiler a short while ago as my Baxi Barcelona finally failed miserably (see my only other post ).
Anyway he had a great piece of kit for stretching a standard piece of 15mm and 22mm copper pipe at the ends so the equivalent piece of pipe would fit in very snug for soldering thus saving on fittings.
I was just curious what this piece of kit's called as my parents are renovating two terraced houses back into one and I'm dealing with all the water pipes and stuff (no gas at all, leave it to pro's for that). I know its not a 'flaring kit' but if I could pick one up cheap enough it would be very handy to have for this and future projects.
Many thanks
Sean

 

[corgiman]

https://www.alltools.com.au/shop/index.php/127/427_Rothenberger_Tube_Expander_Tool

 

[DeltaT2]

Toolstation Code; 34219. It'll do 15-22mm copper tube.

 

[jackpike]

you can get a cheaper hand one ,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Monum...Plumbing_MJ&hash=item588dbe34dd#ht_1294wt_982

 

[DeltaT2]

you can get a cheaper hand one ,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Monum..._MJ&hash=item588dbe34dd#ht_1294wt_982[/QUOTE]

Good call Tom & the chances are it'll form a better socket, mind your knuckles though!!.............

 

[mossman70]

Blimey people,
Thanks for the super fast replies, and so many of them.
Will look into those posted links.
Many thanks for your help
Sean

 

[jarvis2]

you can get a cheaper hand one ,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Monum..._MJ&hash=item588dbe34dd#ht_1294wt_982[/QUOTE]

How do these things work.

 

[jackpike]

allow me to show you jarvo2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbv0ryXU0Y

 

[mysteryman]

My lads used to call it a socket-knocker. Could be a good Scrabble word if you had both blanks and the K.

 

[MANDATE]

C W Berry of Leyland do both 15mm and 22mm price about £9 each. look under 'tools' then 'monument'
www.cwberry.com

 

[dotto]

That's called a swadger I think

 

[MANDATE]

Listed as 'socket former'

 

[kirkgas]

That's called a swadger I think[/quote

a swadger to me is the tool we used to use to form the internal ring in the wall of the old kingley/kingsley fittings which was instead of an olive, i remember as an apprentice getting slapped for forming the ring in the pipe but NOT putting the nut on the pipe first, making it useless haha, i used to use a drift to form a socket although this wasnt really the right tool either as this was for a specific fitting as well which had a big cone which sat in the end of the pipe after it was formed

 

[mossman70]

Hi,
From the link Jackpike posted for the Ebay socket former I did a bit of searching on the web and found the same one at Transtools for a few quid cheaper.

http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/p...copper-socket-forming-tool-15mm-and-22mm.html

Will see if it does the job, as it's not a bad price as I'll only be using it on a DIY basis.
Many thanks once again
Sean

 

[expertgasman]

On the other hand, with respect, an end feed socket from BES is about 5p