Cutting braided line-what is your procedure?
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Cutting braided line-what is your procedure?
Getting to ready to cut some braided line and am thinking of wrapping it with black tape, wrap a rag around it and pinch it (not crush it) in a vise then using a cutting wheel to cut it.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
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Wrap where you want to cut tight with electrical tape and cut through the electrical tape with a thin cutting wheel, don't take the tape off and put the fitting on
It does not reqire too much force to hold the line when cutting the way you describe is fine
It does not reqire too much force to hold the line when cutting the way you describe is fine
Last edited by MotorHead; Oct 17, 2004 at 11:24 AM.
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I use a flaring tool clamp to hold the braided line and then use a thin cutting wheel to cut the line. It also makes a good guide for a straight cut. It will scuff the flaring tool clamp, so try to find or use a cheap clamp! Roger L. Gibbons
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From: Who says "Nothing is impossible" ? I've been doing nothing for years.
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
I use a thin cutting wheel also but I do take the tape off before putting the fitting on. How do you remove the tape when the fitting is on the hose?
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My procedure:
1. Clamp hose in vise.
2. Go in house and medicate wire punctures to fingers and break out the bandaids. I'll leave them out 'cause will probably need again soon.
3. Head back to the garage and go through several tool boxes to see where I put the die grinder. No matter where I put it, it will usually take about an hour to find.
4. No cutting wheel so go to store for a new one. The store doesn't have, but the 6th one I go to does. Funny that the last store I go to was closest to my house!
5. Once back home, fire up die grinder and start cutting.
6. Grinder wheel hits vice and shatters.
7. Once I remove the broken wheel pieces from my forehead (damn... more bandaids), head to store for another wheel.
8. Must now be more careful since out of bandaids and forgot to buy more while at store. Head back out to the garage.
9. Finally cut through the hose and find I bought the wrong fitting!!!
1. Clamp hose in vise.
2. Go in house and medicate wire punctures to fingers and break out the bandaids. I'll leave them out 'cause will probably need again soon.
3. Head back to the garage and go through several tool boxes to see where I put the die grinder. No matter where I put it, it will usually take about an hour to find.
4. No cutting wheel so go to store for a new one. The store doesn't have, but the 6th one I go to does. Funny that the last store I go to was closest to my house!
5. Once back home, fire up die grinder and start cutting.
6. Grinder wheel hits vice and shatters.
7. Once I remove the broken wheel pieces from my forehead (damn... more bandaids), head to store for another wheel.
8. Must now be more careful since out of bandaids and forgot to buy more while at store. Head back out to the garage.
9. Finally cut through the hose and find I bought the wrong fitting!!!
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From: Mansfield Ohio
My procedure:
1. Clamp hose in vise.
2. Go in house and medicate wire punctures to fingers and break out the bandaids. I'll leave them out 'cause will probably need again soon.
3. Head back to the garage and go through several tool boxes to see where I put the die grinder. No matter where I put it, it will usually take about an hour to find.
4. No cutting wheel so go to store for a new one. The 1st store doesn't have, but the 6th one I go to does. Funny that the last store I go to was closest to my house!
5. Once back home, fire up die grinder and start cutting.
6. Grinder wheel hits vice and shatters.
7. Once I remove the broken wheel pieces from my forehead (damn... more bandaids), head to store for another wheel.
8. Must now be more careful since out of bandaids and forgot to buy more while at store. Head back out to the garage.
9. Finally cut through the hose and find I bought the wrong fitting!!!
1. Clamp hose in vise.
2. Go in house and medicate wire punctures to fingers and break out the bandaids. I'll leave them out 'cause will probably need again soon.
3. Head back to the garage and go through several tool boxes to see where I put the die grinder. No matter where I put it, it will usually take about an hour to find.
4. No cutting wheel so go to store for a new one. The 1st store doesn't have, but the 6th one I go to does. Funny that the last store I go to was closest to my house!
5. Once back home, fire up die grinder and start cutting.
6. Grinder wheel hits vice and shatters.
7. Once I remove the broken wheel pieces from my forehead (damn... more bandaids), head to store for another wheel.
8. Must now be more careful since out of bandaids and forgot to buy more while at store. Head back out to the garage.
9. Finally cut through the hose and find I bought the wrong fitting!!!
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From: Living in the Hartland
Originally Posted by MotorHead
You dont, you get a knife and cut it below the fitting and you don't see it
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Originally Posted by cryzko
where can i b uy braided line.... or r u refering to the braided sleeves
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Originally Posted by Fevre
Great minds think a like! That is exactly what I did with the first fitting, putting a little oil on the tape made it much easier to slide the hose into the fitting. Doesn't matter if there is tape on the outside edge of the hose, will just make it a tighter fit inside the fitting.
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Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
I am kind of disagreeing with you guys there, with tape on it the hose can slide in easier but out also, meaning that if you tighten the hose end assembly the hose can actually slip out, whereas when you mark the braid with a pen you can watch what it does. with the tape there's no sure telling if the tape slides or not. I would not do it with the tape still on there, I've always done it without the tape and it's pretty easy to do. No tape needed IMO.
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You could always get one of these to complete your tool collection.
http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=24766
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Wanna bet the hose can slip out when you assemble the fitting? Not talking about when assembled but when you thread the front section into the sleeve, the hose must not move for it to be clamped down properly.
The trick is to carefully remove the tape, the ends won't fray if you do it carefully and practice makes perfect. Sure it's hard with the tape because the hose OD will be too large for it to slip in without too much effort. The trick to pushing it in is to keep pressure on it and rotate the hose only one way, don'ttry to force it in by moving it clockwise and then counter clockwise. Never had problems assembling the fitings and all are leak free & pressure tight.
The trick is to carefully remove the tape, the ends won't fray if you do it carefully and practice makes perfect. Sure it's hard with the tape because the hose OD will be too large for it to slip in without too much effort. The trick to pushing it in is to keep pressure on it and rotate the hose only one way, don'ttry to force it in by moving it clockwise and then counter clockwise. Never had problems assembling the fitings and all are leak free & pressure tight.
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Originally Posted by Jughead
You could always get one of these to complete your tool collection.
http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=24766
http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=24766
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From: largo florida
Originally Posted by Jughead
You could always get one of these to complete your tool collection.
http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=24766
http://www.pitstopusa.com/detail.aspx?ID=24766