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    Default Any HVAC or Plumbing members? Need help swaging a 3/4" tube/pipe.

    Wonder if anyone might have a swaging tool, or pipe/tubing expander? I need to find a way to expand a piece of 3/4" EMT conduit by about 1.5mm ID in order to fit a bearing.

    I tried using my reamer with the hook blade removed and pounding it in but no luck. Open to any ideas.

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    Why emt specifically? You will probably have to heat it up red hot to swage it successfully. (and burn off the zinc in the process). I have a few different tools for swaging copper and aluminum, steel will damage them.

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    I am welding arms for a 270-degree awning. EMT was just what I had (electrician), and something others had used that fit the bearings. What I am finding is that the ID between 3/4" EMT seems to vary slightly from what I have access to, and what others in the USA are using. So I am now trying to come up with a solution and swaging seemed like a possible option.

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