Cutting stainless steel braided fuel hose
18 August 2003, 10:35 AM
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'Ello
Just wondering if anyone can offer some advice on how best to cut braided fuel hose.
So far i have tried: -
Sharp pincers - no avail
Tin snips - no avail
Tank tape and hacksaw - worked, yet the braid has frayed quite badly.
Any top tips?
Cheers
Iain
Just wondering if anyone can offer some advice on how best to cut braided fuel hose.
So far i have tried: -
Sharp pincers - no avail
Tin snips - no avail
Tank tape and hacksaw - worked, yet the braid has frayed quite badly.
Any top tips?
Cheers
Iain
18 August 2003, 11:32 AM
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Chop saw.. angle grinder style..
Angle grinder with cutting blade..
Might be worth wrapping the braid with sticky tape..
David
Angle grinder with cutting blade..
Might be worth wrapping the braid with sticky tape..
David
18 August 2003, 01:40 PM
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I've found the best way is to use "paper" masking tape, wrapped around 3-4 times, very tightly, and a "junior" hacksaw.
Standard size hacksaw is hopeless, and masking tape seems to work far better than any of the other types of tape.
Mark.
Standard size hacksaw is hopeless, and masking tape seems to work far better than any of the other types of tape.
Mark.
18 August 2003, 01:48 PM
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The best way i found to cut the braided hose was wrap it round a few times with masking tape, then use a branch / root cropper (Like bolt cropper, but bigger with a sort of hooked blade on one side) we had. Worked well for me, and gave a nice clean cut each time.
If you've got accecc to a metal guilotean (Spelling?) you could try with that.
jono
If you've got accecc to a metal guilotean (Spelling?) you could try with that.
jono
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18 August 2003, 01:51 PM
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Mark & co
Cheers for the advice, thats indeed the way i have done it (with masking tape and junior hacksaw (couldn't find the angle grinder since its packed away still from the move)
Mark, i was gonna ring you, but i didn't want to be pestering you
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Cheers all,
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Iain
Cheers for the advice, thats indeed the way i have done it (with masking tape and junior hacksaw (couldn't find the angle grinder since its packed away still from the move
)Mark, i was gonna ring you, but i didn't want to be pestering you
.Cheers all,
Another modification sucessfully carried out
Iain
18 August 2003, 03:05 PM
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may hose supplier.. www.mendahose.co.uk did mine with a chop saw.. they had some thing with a fancy looking blade mounted to the desk but the motor was shagged.. so they used achop saw.. very quick and worked well. (no tape used either.. but then you dont see the braid on a crimp on fitting. 
David
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