wire hose clamp tool .

[stragenmitsuko]

I think most of us have probably seen them .
A little tool that allows you to use steel wire to make hose clamps .
If not do a youtube search for "clamptite" .
There are a couple of videos explaining how it works .

I'm currently converting an old car to propane injection , so I need a lot of
small low pressure hose clamps . I decided to have a go at making one .

A couple of scrap box pieces , some milling and a little lathe work is all it takes .
It was a fun afternoon project , and to my surprise it works better then
anticipated . Altough I wouldn't use this kind of clamp for a high pressure hydraulic
hose , there is certainly an area where it can be very usefull .
Especially when the box of clamps of the needed size is empty .... as it usually is .

The wire used is 1mm "garden" wire .
The green plastified version looks better , but the plain steel one seems to make
a tighter clamp . I can really hourglass that hose if I want to .


I don't have any plans , and the dimensions were guesstimated while machining .

A few pictures .

 

[deverett]

And here's my version made a few years ago:



And the drawing for it. Can't remember where it came from, so can't credit the designer.

View attachment wire tie tool.PDF

Dave
The Emerald Isle

 

[Blogwitch]

Dave,
I think the first person to show this tool was Marv Klotz.

If you go to this page, towards the bottom, there is a video of it in action.

https://clamptitetools.com/

Hope this helps

John

 

[deverett]

Better give Marv the credit for this version then, John!

Dave
The Emerald Isle