I use tape (centred where I want the cut). Wrap a few tight turns around the hose & then take a hacksaw to it (with fine teeth, or a junior hacksaw).
What tool to cut braided hose?
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What tool to cut braided hose?
Gonna run some #8 fuel line (braided) along my cars frame and I wonder what the best tool is to cut the braided hose without messing up the ends too bad? I used to use a saw but the ends often got messed up...
Is there any special tool to cut braided hose?
Is there any special tool to cut braided hose?
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I've used large cable cutters (look like bolt cutters but have curved jaws) and sharp 12" metal sheers (look like big sissors) with great results. Also tightly wrapped (once around) the ends with electrical rubber splicing tape before adding the hose end.
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I put a cutoff blade in my 4 1/2 inch grinder. Any parts place sells a 4 1/2 inch grinder for under $30. They also have 4 1/2 inch cutoff blades for a few dollars, these blades work great for cutting steel.
Anyway wrap the hose where it is to be cut, put it in a vise with the piece of tape just outside the jaw and cut off with the cutoff wheel. It makes a nice clean cut.
Anyway wrap the hose where it is to be cut, put it in a vise with the piece of tape just outside the jaw and cut off with the cutoff wheel. It makes a nice clean cut.
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Originally Posted by Edzred72
I've used large cable cutters (look like bolt cutters but have curved jaws) and sharp 12" metal sheers (look like big sissors) with great results. Also tightly wrapped (once around) the ends with electrical rubber splicing tape before adding the hose end.
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Just replaced about every hose under the hood with braided and used the cut off wheel to cut them all. There are a few things that make this easier/cleaner:
1. Get that cut off wheel going as fast as your grinder will allow... full tilt boogie/max air pressure, you'll make less mess and have fewer rubber and/or stainless particles inside your hose.
2. Wrap tape across the place where you cut. And I prefer "glass tape"... it's the stuff that has fiberglass threads running through it. The fiberglass threads will hold the tape to the braid when you cut through. Sometimes this tape is referred to as "filament tape."
3. Before the hose ends go on, blast out the hose.. clean out everything from inside. I've even used Q tips and (hey what a brilliant idea) pipe cleaners (little white fuzzy bendable worms) on the small diameter hose. I always made the last thing done a blast (of a least a minute) of compressed air while rotating the hose.
And a couple of other notes:
When installing the hose ends, I had much less braid fray when turning the hose "counter clock-wise" into the hose end... can't say why, just seemed to work that way.
If braided hose touches/rubs a painted surface... it will remove the paint.
Just my experience... hope it helps.
kdlp
1. Get that cut off wheel going as fast as your grinder will allow... full tilt boogie/max air pressure, you'll make less mess and have fewer rubber and/or stainless particles inside your hose.
2. Wrap tape across the place where you cut. And I prefer "glass tape"... it's the stuff that has fiberglass threads running through it. The fiberglass threads will hold the tape to the braid when you cut through. Sometimes this tape is referred to as "filament tape."
3. Before the hose ends go on, blast out the hose.. clean out everything from inside. I've even used Q tips and (hey what a brilliant idea) pipe cleaners (little white fuzzy bendable worms) on the small diameter hose. I always made the last thing done a blast (of a least a minute) of compressed air while rotating the hose.
And a couple of other notes:
When installing the hose ends, I had much less braid fray when turning the hose "counter clock-wise" into the hose end... can't say why, just seemed to work that way.
If braided hose touches/rubs a painted surface... it will remove the paint.
Just my experience... hope it helps.
kdlp
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Originally Posted by 73-84 IMSA Widebody
I wrap with electrical tape and use a dremmel with cutting disk. Tape is the key to keeping your ends clean.
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Wrap the hose a couple of times with electrical tape where the cut is to be made. I use a Dremel with a cut-off wheel in the middle of the tape. A secret is to bend the hose in a U-shape and cut on the exposed side of the bend. This will greatly reduce the fraying of the steel braided cover.
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Originally Posted by 82MDVette
Wrap the hose a couple of times with electrical tape where the cut is to be made. I use a Dremel with a cut-off wheel in the middle of the tape. A secret is to bend the hose in a U-shape and cut on the exposed side of the bend. This will greatly reduce the fraying of the steel braided cover.
