cutting tubing

devilscow22 · May 7, 2004

alright i have seen some things that are made special to cut tubeing and i was wundering what you guys used.

SewerBeing · May 7, 2004

plain old kitchen scissors (sp??), and a knife. It works great, but it requires some patience.

Bevman · May 7, 2004

Box cutter.

Diggrr · May 7, 2004

I use my Fiskars utility scissors. These will cut a penny in half too!
When I can't find them, I just use my exacto-knife.

RoD · May 7, 2004

^ same thing

i can use em to cut my case too.

eobard · May 7, 2004

Bevman said:
Box cutter.

Ditto.

maxboost · May 7, 2004

I would assume using something sharp (like boxcutter) or hobby knife (Xacto) so the cut is clean.

feyd83 · May 7, 2004

I use some tubing cutters that I got from Harbor Freight (love that place) for under a dollar, otherwise just about any knife works great.

felinusz · May 8, 2004

I use a normal exacto knife.

I find that kinking the uncut tube where a cut is desired, and then very slowly 'sawing' at it with a sharp exacto knife makes it much easier to get a perfectly straight, and smooth cut, even with thick walled tubing. It's also faster this way, although you need to watch your fingers!

SOShootME · May 8, 2004

Kitchen scissors work great for me.

brisk · May 8, 2004

pvc/plastic pipe cutter. works like a charm

GOD Macktruck · May 8, 2004

exacto knife works just fine.

: ) :

Cyrix_2k · May 8, 2004

SOShootME said:
Kitchen scissors work great for me.

Works fine for me too

STICKY

SewerBeing · May 8, 2004

this would make a great sticky, I can see people asking what to use to cut tubing with, it is important. So I vote Sticky

devilscow22 · May 8, 2004

i would vote for a sticky too, this is one of the things i never saw when reading about w/c ing

Joshh100 · May 8, 2004

got my vote too.. I was going to ask the same question

(Im gonna use a boxcutter probably)

PunkRawk911 · May 8, 2004

Use an x-acto knife or even better, a straight edge razor blade.

Korndog · May 8, 2004

i use either boxknife, exatoknife, or garden scissors which seem to cut the best (smooth/even cut)
Sometimes if i can't find anything, i'll just use my teeth, but that didn't seem to work on my new thickwalled tubing :-/

braces won't let me bite hard enough!

sandman001 · May 8, 2004

I use a sharp hacksaw. Or when I'm feeling lazy, just some scissors left over from 2nd grade.

eobard · May 8, 2004

I can't see giving this a sticky on it's own, but it would fit in well here. So someone write up a suitable paragraph and I'll insert it into the bottom of the first post (with credit for the add-on going to the respective author). Let the hounding of me with your own personal writing styles begin!

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