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how to cut braided hose

Started by _bronjak_ , Dec 26 2006 08:46 PM

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#1 _bronjak_

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 08:46 PM

hi i was lookn for sum help on how to cut braided hose i was told to use a hacksaw but i just seem to make a mess when i bought the hose the ends had no burrs but when i do it it burrs up then i carnt get the fittings on cheers :cry:

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#2 _ChiaLX_

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 09:10 PM

Tried the same with my mates and stuffed them up. Ended up using a dremel.worked a treat with those super thin cutting wheels.

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#3 dattoman

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 09:24 PM

Tape the end up first with insulation tape
Then use a very thin cutting wheel on a real fast grinder or drill

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#4 _82911_

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 10:38 PM

Tape it like datto suggested.Then mark a line on the tape, place it against a solid block of wood then wack it f@#kn hard with a sharp chisel. Quick and no rubber dust to clean out of the hose.

Cheers Greg..

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Posted 27 December 2006 - 07:52 AM

I just use a drop saw..do it quickly or you get the braid hot and melt the rubber ect.

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Posted 27 December 2006 - 08:46 AM

Like you l tied the hacksaw first and found it was virtually impossible, you are not alone in your frustration. I have found a die grinder with a thin cutting wheel to be the best solution, similar to useing a dremmel. l also put on a small hose clamp over the tape right where l want to cut to minimise fraying of the braid. Sometimes it will be necessary to cut off stray wires with side cutters before trying to push the hose into your fitting. If you only have a few cuts maybe your hose supplier will do them for you.

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#7 _greenmachine215_

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 02:08 PM

As mentioned above, Drop saw is the way to go, get a thin cutting blade and it leaves almost a perfect cut through the steel line and the hose doesnt melt or distort in anyway
Goodluck with it
Cheers :spoton:

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 05:29 PM

sould i use a drop saw with a blade (disc) for cutting wood or steel please?

Edited by ALX76, 28 December 2006 - 05:30 PM.

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#9 _whipple-202_

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 05:41 PM

The fells at enzed cut it with a small hand gillateen!

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#10 _Monkey_

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 05:50 PM

I taped it up..put a line around with texta..cut it slowly with a small angle grinder then trimmed any strays with side-cutters.easy as.

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#11 _Oldn64_

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 06:21 PM

Like 82911 use a sharp implument that will shear it rather than the saw options. this will A. not heat the hose up at all and B. create a better cleaner end. Giloteen is commonly used in teh industry but a Chisel or other extremely shape object will do the trick.

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Posted 28 December 2006 - 06:27 PM

At work we tape the ends up first, masking tape is fine, and then we use a saw specially made for the job, the whole bench is actually setup to make hoses. The saw is basically like a dropsaw with a cutting blade like you would fit to your angle grinder.

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#13 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 29 December 2006 - 01:16 AM

Tape it like datto suggested.Then mark a line on the tape, place it against a solid block of wood then wack it f@#kn hard with a sharp chisel. Quick and no rubber dust to clean out of the hose.

Cheers Greg..

I never thought of that when I did mine. Would work very though. Might get tricky with some of the large size hoses.

Went out and bought a drop saw just for cutting braided hose and havn't used it for anything else yet. You can never have enough power tools thou.

Have fun getting pricks in your fingers no matter which way you end up doing it.

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#14 _bronjak_

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 10:07 PM

i got the braided hose sorted but now i was curious how tight i should be doing up the fitting do you do them all the way up or will the hose pop out the fittings are speedflow 100 series cheers

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Posted 31 December 2006 - 06:47 AM

The short answer is no you don't do them all the way up. What you should be doing is pushing the hose all the way into its socket fitting until it reaches the shoulder under the threads. Pull the hose out gently until there is a gap of around 2mm between the end of the hose and the internal shoulder, then mark the hose with a felt pen where it enters the fitting. Lightly oil the threads and inside of the hose and tighten the assemby until within about 1.5mm of the two parts bottoming out. Then check your pen mark to see if the hose has backed out by more than about 1mm. If the hose has come out too far, disassemble and try again. l place the socket end gently in a vice using soft jaws and tape the spanner to avoid damaging the anodised finish when assembling.

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Posted 31 December 2006 - 09:42 AM

Decent fittins should come with a tab , you do it it until the tab touches and the fitting still moves by hand, then rip the tab off.

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#17 _tuffgong_

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Posted 02 January 2007 - 06:18 PM

and when you have made a mess of your braid 1 put in a vice 2 cut the top and bottom off of a can of coke then rap it around your braid squash one end and pull your fitting over 3 then slide out your bit of can thanks.

john.