Backing up the cut with either a coupler or something like rolled up newspaper will give a much cleaner inside surface and help prevent crushing the tube if you use too much force. Much easier to make several light passes that way too.Inside I use rolled up newspaper or old catalogs, so not too tear through.
+1, I keep a few extra couplers of each size on hand, both for cutting slots and for cutting tubes in my jig (Kuhn-style jig?). The coupler makes for nice clean cuts and no tearout on the interior of the tube.Backing up the cut with either a coupler or something like rolled up newspaper will give a much cleaner inside surface and help prevent crushing the tube if you use too much force. Much easier to make several light passes that way too.
Optionally, a Dremel with a cutoff wheel cuts Estes tubes like butter.
I'll bite, how do you get that to work without murdering the tube? Backing required?
Enter your email address to join: