[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
If you don’t have an inexpensive mitre box, it might be worth picking one up. You can get them for as low as a few dollars and they work great for cutting square ends on all sorts of items. They store easily and are completely portable. Ray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
I'm obviously late to this one, but... When cutting metal free-hand, I was taught to use my thumb of the hand holding the item as a guide. Sounds painful, but it actually isn't...barring unforeseen accidents, of course. Just stick your thumb out while holding the item, press the hacksaw blade against the tip, and start sawing. That said, there's no way I'd choose this method over a nice pipe cutter. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
+1 for bolt cutters. quick and dirty On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:54:53 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > How you do it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
This one takes the cake! Clayton Scott SF, CA On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 6:08:32 AM UTC-7, Daniel M wrote: > > Vice Grip on Vice Grip action. You saw it here first. > > Daniel M > Berkeley, CA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
aand leave it to Google Groups to make it really difficult to post photos (or reply privately) from a mobile device AND to rotate the photo in the process. We all deserve better. Apple and Google USED to put the user first. Daniel M Berkeley, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Find a stair step of choice. Put strut on step. Put foot on strut. Saw away. Clayton Scott SF, CA On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:54:53 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > How you do it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Used to use a bolt cutter. But I like hacking it off more. I use a table vice to hold the hacksaw up, and actually run the struts slowly through the hacksaw. It takes longer, but it's cleaner, and less of a chance for the strut to bend. On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 9:54:53 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > > How you do it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
+1 on the suggestion for bolt cutters and a file... Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Hmm, a Dremel vise clamp to use with the Dremel tool I already have. This could work! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Dremel vise clamps to any table corner, and I bet you'll think of other uses for it later https://www.amazon.com/Dremel-2500-01-Rotary-Tool-Multi-Vise/dp/B000P4W3LU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Even a small pair of bolt cutters will work quite well on struts, which are made of relatively soft and easy-to-cut aluminum. I’ve cut struts effectively this way. Bolt cutters will leave sharp edges, which you might way to soften with sandpaper. A Dremel tool with a cutting wheel will also work. I use mine to cut cable housings—you get a nice, flat, square end without squishing the housing. --Eric N > On Jun 27, 2018, at 7:16 PM, sameness wrote: > > Find something with a hole approximately the same diameter as the strut and > use that as a guide for the saw. > > Or use the spine of a book you don't totally care about as a guide. > > Or use a piece of electrical tape as a guide. > > Or just go for it by eyeball, squaring and cleaning it up with a file. > > Hang it off the edge of a table or bench in any case. > > Hell, you could just use the edge of the table or bench as a guide. > > In descending order of precariousity. > > Jeff Hagedorn > Los Angeles, CA USA > >> On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:54:53 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> How you do it? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
In any case, just overshoot your cut by about 1/8". Easy to take it down further with a file. Much more difficult to grow it back. Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: Cutting rack struts without a vice
Find something with a hole approximately the same diameter as the strut and use that as a guide for the saw. Or use the spine of a book you don't totally care about as a guide. Or use a piece of electrical tape as a guide. Or just go for it by eyeball, squaring and cleaning it up with a file. Hang it off the edge of a table or bench in any case. Hell, you could just use the edge of the table or bench as a guide. In descending order of precariousity. Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:54:53 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > How you do it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
