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I've done some more tests on brass ferrules clamping down on copper pipes, and from my tests I now can see that sometimes just 1/2 a turn is not enough, in fact its not enough to prevent the pipe from popping out of the compression fitting later on, so now I would recommend to anyone to give it...

To remove a leaking ferrule from copper pipe, just use a Dremel tool with a small abrasive disc attachment on it, and then sort of grind away a small slot into that brass ferrule. Don’t cut all the way through the ferrule or you’ll nick the copper pipe, just grind a slow about 80%...