AP145 Beading Tool Instructional Video

The Parker Beading Tool has been the number one choice of beading tools for mechanics to make clamp beads in metal tubes. To this day, no other beading tool even comes close to matching its quality.
For many years we were the sole supplier of these beading tools as a surplus product. Our supply was exhausted, but our customers insisted that we take steps to bring the Parker Beading Tool back.
So we’ve tooled up to recreate this classic beading tool in every detail. And in the process we’ve added a few enhancements of our own, such as ground, hardened, and polished surfaces for mar-free beads in aluminum, copper, brass, and mild steel tubes ranging from 1/4" to 1" diameter.
Meets MILSPEC MS33660D and SAE AS5131 standards.

[@TheAnonymous1one]

I have been looking everywhere for something like this

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Amazon has beading tools that do 5/8" and larger, there's a new ball bearing driven, tubing beader from New Zealand that does 3/8" and 1/4"
I actually bought one and it got lost in shipping :( .. So I resorted to my old modified crimping pliers

[@Blastfence1]

Excellent!

[@MikeBaxterABC]

This is 1/2" (12mm) what is the smallest diameter tubing, it can bead??
I have a pair of electric terminal, crimping pliers I modified to do 3/8" fuel lines.

[@WilliamMcNett]

Oil the inside where it's rubbing. The outside is rolling and the oil might help but inside is best if you're only going to oil 1 location.

[@oclv110sl]

Could do with this for 3 inch diameter pipe

[@WilliamMcNett]

You're going to need a bigger beader like this, although this is a CHEAP Chinese version.
www.ebay.com/itm/Intercooler-Pipe-Tube-Beading-Tool-for-Car-Piping-Plumbing-DIY-Bead-Form-Pipes-/302522093397

[@digitalbilly]

nice tool what about metric tubing?

[@gregedwards5747]

Draggy

[@Azamjon-pg6ix]

Узбекистана борми

[@submechanophobia768]

What grade of aluminum tubing is best. 6061 T6 without manual annealing cracks at the crown of the bead.