"Mark Rand" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:25:06 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Last nite the kid comes upstairs from the garage and asks me to show him
how to make a double flare an some 3/16" steel brake tubing he's
patching up his '95 Honda Civic with.



A bit late now, but why use steel instead of Monel or copper?


Mark Rand
RTFM

Monel would probably be OK except for the cost. Copper work-hardens by the
repeated deformation produced by the brake pressure pulses and would crack
in a short time.

Randy