- 1. Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: "Gorman, George" <ggorman@dsava.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:24:26 -0400
- Something out of the ordinary for this group. I'm putting in a foot rail for a new bar using 2 in. diam. brass tubing. Gotta cut it to make it fit. I guess I could use a hacksaw, but there must be a
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- 2. RE: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Meier <ChrisM@pptvision.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:03:55 -0500
- How about a chop saw; your local exhaust system shop could do it for you for next to nothing. You can always make a test cut at a longer length if necessary.
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00037.html (7,792 bytes)
- 3. re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Douglas <b-douglas@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:45:13 -0500
- get > a good cut. Any suggestions??? How about a pipe cutter? Relatively inexpensive, readily available at the local hardware store, and all but the smallest ought to handle two inch tube. The cheap
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00038.html (7,627 bytes)
- 4. RE: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: "Gorman, George" <ggorman@dsava.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 15:55:52 -0400
- Wow...that's what I like about this group. Ask a question, go away for about 30 minutes, come back and your puter is full of answers. To Jim, Bob, Chris and the rest...thanx. George Gorman Manassas,
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00039.html (7,100 bytes)
- 5. Re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: "Dunst, Mordecai" <mdunst@smtplink.coh.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 12:06:27 pst
- ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ The brass tubing is likely to be fairly thin wall.. Consider a large tubbing cutter if available..Just clamp it on and
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00040.html (7,555 bytes)
- 6. re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: walter@omni.sps.mot.com (Thomas Walter)
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 14:33:34 CDT
- Find someone who owns a metal bandsaw. (simplest, quickest). Properly adjusted they will cut straight. Metal lathe: nice cuts, more setup time. ;-) Chop Saw: uh, fine for steel... not so for brass.
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- 7. Re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:06:29 +0000
- Why not use a tubing cutter ?
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00042.html (7,226 bytes)
- 8. Re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:26:38 -0400 (EDT)
- Use a regular pipe cutter
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00043.html (7,471 bytes)
- 9. Re: Cutting Brass (score: 1)
- Author: walter@omni.sps.mot.com (Thomas Walter)
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 97 08:06:58 CDT
- Boy lots of feeback on this one! Sorry -- first time I missed that he was cutting TUBING. I was thinking of a 2" solid bar. Ya, tubing cutter is the best. I got a couple of people asking why I did no
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00044.html (7,859 bytes)
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