A new hand-held tool swages fittings onto fluid power conductors with ease. Finger tight... a familiar phrase to installers who swage fittings onto fluid power conductors. The phrase tight position, and then advancing the fitting l.25 to 1.5 turns with a wrench. To achieve this, the installer holds the body of the fitting stationary with a wrench while rotating the fitting in small incremental bursts of energy before resetting the wrench for another forward burst. This repeats until the fitting is fully tightened. The installer then checks the fitting with a feeler gauge. Somewhat incongruously, the directions say that if the feeler gauge does not fit, the fitting is properly tightened!
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