Abstract: A method and apparatus for the manufacture of spirally fluted tubes and which comprises a rotatable die for receiving the tube longitudinally therethrough during the forming operation for controlling the outer diameter thereof, a clamping apparatus for engaging the outer periphery of the tube and mounted on a movable base member for pulling the tube through the die, forming tools carried by the die for selectively exerting pressure against the outer periphery of the tube during the longitudinal movement thereof, and a reciprocal forming tool chuck apparatus engagable with the forming tools for controlling the inwardly directed pressure thereof against the tube to produce variable depth spiral grooves therealong.