".....At the risk of sounding redundant, I'll say it again "check the end gap on your rings". I have had new rings so tight out of the box they won't enter the bore without filing the end gap properly. ....."

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I've got an old one of those Lisle - 7" - 10" Ring Compressors too Ryan, along with a stone type glaze breaker and ridge ream in the same size range. Back when dad was farming in the 50-60s, he preferred John Deere 2 cylinder tractors. Over the years I remember him rebuilding all 3 of the ones we farmed with. I inherited the tools a few years back after dad passed. I've never personally had a need to use them, but they do bring a smile to my face every time I happen to open the drawer I store them in.


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