Drip tube fitting attachment tool

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I make this to help push the small irrigation drip tubing onto those small fittings. I was hooking up drip tubing for 15 trees I had planted and figured there should be a tool for this. Not a big deal in the summer, but if its cold its kind of a pain. I'll see if I can get a picture of how to use it. You put the fittings in the top of the tool, almost looks like a block. There are a bunch of different size and shape slots, depending if you are use a straight fitting, a T fitting, if you already have drip tubing on the other side, etc. The drip tube goes in the handle piece and you clamp down on it. Its got ridges in the slot to help grab ahold of the tube. Then you just push the tube up into the fitting. A friend of mine drew up the design to look more interesting and was inspired by the star wars light sabers. You need to get a rod to push into the top block and go through the handles that makes a hinge. I had a bunch of rods machined with a small grove at the bottom to hold a c clip to the handles don't fall off. Disclaimer: I didn't actually print this myself, I designed it and had it printed before I got my own printer. Feel free to reach out with any questions.