after pushing very hard, the pipe went into the fitting. to take it out, i had to rock it from side to side or hit it with a putty knife to get it out. Is it normal? or maybe when i cut the pipe with the tube cutter, the pipe became out of round? i thought i cut it very slowly already. i used the 4in1 tool already and it was still very tight. should i hit them in with a block of wood or something? any good advise out there? thanks.
It is probably the quality of the pipe or the fittings. I have experienced loads of copper piping that is difficult to fit and then the next load is fine. I have soldered copper pipe from 1/8" to 8" and always get some bad stuff.
The quality of materials has gone downhill the last 20 years. It could be crap made in another country and imported and/or the tolerances are bad.
Make sure you have a good quality cutter and don't tighten the cutter too hard when cutting. This will keep the pipe from having an edge on the outside of it. You rarely have to ream the outside edge unless it is larger pipe like 4".
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