fuel line bead

[vtgt500]

I'm faced with fabricating a a 3/8 stainless fuel line.  Line to hose connections require the steel line to have a retaining bead.  Simple bead forming tools are offered for aluminum lines, but anything advertised that's suitable for steel is impractical for making a single line.  Any experience with alternate bead techniques?
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/parkerbead.php

[98SVT - was 06GT]

These work if you do it in many passes. Don't try to do it in one rotation.

https://www.amazon.com/Tube-Beading-Tool-Medium-Heavy/dp/B06WVFJGP6/ref=pd_sbs_1/133-6832958-6576452?pd_rd_w=3VjF6&pf_rd_p=f8e24c42-8be0-4374-84aa-bb08fd897453&pf_rd_r=5H3ZB4AD6F71V3Q9ZQW0&pd_rd_r=dad3fb89-2ca7-4a82-9d0a-b96cf9a8da6d&pd_rd_wg=wu6ql&pd_rd_i=B06WVFJGP6&psc=1

[Corey Bowcutt]

I can tell you I bought the tool suggested and made a bead in a stainless tube and it worked great.

[Corey Bowcutt]

If you want to send me the line I will do it for you and return it.  You just pay shipping.  If you know how long you want it I probably have some stainless tubing I could use so you only pay shipping one direction.  I am on vacation but can check what I have when I return on Sunday.

Corey

[Corey Bowcutt]

This is a picture of the bead I did for my carb spacer PCV valve port.
Corey

[CharlesTurner]

If using the later thin spacer with the angled PCV outlet, cutting it down so it's straight and beading the end is a perfect substitute for a '68.

[vtgt500]

If you want to send me the line I will do it for you and return it.  You just pay shipping.  If you know how long you want it I probably have some stainless tubing I could use so you only pay shipping one direction.  I am on vacation but can check what I have when I return on Sunday.

Corey

That's a very generous offer I may take you up on.  Need to get everything in place, bend line and see what I've got.