What can i use to cut my silicon hose?
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What can i use to cut my silicon hose?
Well removing the coupler was a successful task. Upon inspection of the coupler i did indeed find a pretty big rip, which was obviously the culprit to my boost problem. Anyhow i removed the other coupler that the cross over tube connects to the intercooler and have noticed that it to is start to show signs of wear and tear, so I have 5 inches of silicon hose and I'am going to cut it into half so that i can use the other have as a coupler aswell for the part to join with the intercooler. But what can i use to cut this silicon hose?
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Anybody know what the best tool would be for this? Anything that is a common tool that everybody has? i would hate to go spend money for something when all i need it for is two cut a silicon hose.
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Garfinkle has a large piece of pipe that he cut on the lathe , he pushes the tubing into the pipe and uses a razor blade to cut using the pipe as a guide , a perfact ninety degree cut every time.so eazy looks good
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Mark off where you would like to cut, then use masking tape and tape it around your hose to create the straight border. Then use a new sharp razor blade or box cutter. Cut along the edge of the tape and that would be your guide.
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RAZOR...you guys need to stop spending money on tools you use only once.
use a wiretire around the hose and use it as a guide and cut away~ perfect straight cuts everytime. A sharp blade is preferable
David
use a wiretire around the hose and use it as a guide and cut away~ perfect straight cuts everytime. A sharp blade is preferable
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I think we are thinking of different things, but i could be wrong. The tube cutter that im thinkin about looks kinda like a pair of triming shears for plants. The only difference is instead of just cutting straight down, it cuts toward the middle and back of the cutter. It also ratches down so it cant come back up very easy. I dont think this is quite it but here is the best picture of it that i can find..
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