What can you cut brass tubing with to prevent bending?
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What can you cut brass tubing with to prevent bending?
Whenever I try to cut brass tubing it always bends at the end where I cut it. How and I supposed to cut it without it doing this?
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Re: What can you cut brass tubing with to prevent bending?
You could fill it with sand.Slave1 wrote:Whenever I try to cut brass tubing it always bends at the end where I cut it. How and I supposed to cut it without it doing this?
Generally I like to cut and roll it - make one slice, roll it, slice, roll it, etc. I use a Tamiya Razor saw which cuts very well.
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I'm guessing you're talking the crimp you get from a normal pipe cutter, yes?
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I used to use the band saw for beveled cuts, but got the little chop saw, Kywell has linked, and cut tubing using an abrasive disc.
I still use a tubing cutter, the inside diameter of the tube will be crimped a little by this.
However I just clean it out with an Xacto, a deburring tool, or a pipe reamer..
I still use a tubing cutter, the inside diameter of the tube will be crimped a little by this.
However I just clean it out with an Xacto, a deburring tool, or a pipe reamer..