A thin wall PTFE tube is formed from an extruded green tube. The PTFE tube includes
an inner tubular surface and an opposed outer tubular surface defining a tubular
wall of a first thickness. The tubular wall is compressed to uniformly reduce the
wall-thickness and circumferentially orient the tube. The PTFE tube is positioned
over a first elongate roller with the inner tubular surface being in contact therewith.
A second roller is positioned against the outer tubular surface of the PTFE tube.
The pair of rollers are counter rotated so as to circumferentially compress the
tubular wall between the rollers. This results in the uniform reduction in the
tubular wall from the first thickness to a lesser second thickness and a circumferential
orientation otherwise not occurring in an extruded PTFE paste extrusion.