Cutting Blue Tube

[ActingLikeAKid]

I've got a build I'm getting the bug to start, and it would require TTW fins on blue tube. How hard is that stuff to cut? Would you recommend a cutting wheel on a Dremel? A sharp X-Acto and some patience? FREAKING LAZERS? Looking for advice.

 

[dhbarr]

Standard woodworking tools are great on phenolic, vulcanized can delam so I'd probably tape-n-cut with good support ( PVC is cheap )

 

[ActingLikeAKid]

Good to know. Thanks!!

 

[Nathan]

I have built two rockets with Blue Tube and I used a Dremel tool with a cutting disk to cut the fin slots. I usually cut the slots a little too narrow and then sand them using a metal ruler with sandpaper wrapped around it until the fins just fit in the slots.

 

[Worsaer]

This has worked well for me. Mark off your slots, then use masking tape to create a 'window' you want to cut out.

Use a Dremel cutting wheel like this: https://www.amazon.com/Dremel-EZ54...020353&sr=1-12&keywords=dremel+cutting+wheel

It cuts Blue Tube like butter.

 

[Banzai88]

Use a Dremel cutting wheel like this: [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WMK8FI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 [/URL]

It cuts Blue Tube like butter.

This

 

[rharshberger]

+1 this Dremel cutting wheel...either the Ez-Loc version listed above or the regular one shown below, they cut on the edge and sand on the flats. They work great for cutting fin slots and its all I use for rocketry materials, except metal.


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[Winston]

+1 this Dremel cutting wheel...either the Ez-Loc version listed above or the regular one shown below, they cut on the edge and sand on the flats. They work great for cutting fin slots and its all I use for rocketry materials, except metal.

I've bought and used these simply because they are cheap:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P49NCC/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

but that Dremel cutting wheel is now on my Amazon "wish list."

 

[75Grandville]

See post #5. https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...ip-a-38mm-scratch-build-with-3D-Rocketry-fins

Wish I had thought about tape as well.

So that's another +1 for the Dremel cutting wheel

 

[DavidMcCann]

I mark with a sharpie and freehand with a dremel, then clean it up with an xacto.