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Guy King
 
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That's right - deform the pipe. The olive will be pressed into the
pipe, deforming it in a ring all the way round.

What's wrong with that?


1/ it's copper /tube/


2/ if the olive deforms the tube the joint is over tightened and will weep


Well, I've never had a compression joint leak and those I've taken apart
have all had the olive pressed into the tube slightly. If that isn't
deformed I don't know what is.
I'm using "deformed" in the sense of "taken beyond its elastic limit".
You may be using some other meaning.

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