Braided steel lines .

dr sportster · Feb 5, 2020

How do you cut them . Fine hacksaw - band saw - cut off wheel works okay . I am used to #6 lines now Im doing #4 for nitrous on my bike but the die grinder is fraying the ends. This makes it very hard to screw the fitting together.

kcm.MN · Feb 5, 2020

Try wrapping aluminum tape around the braiding, then cut in the middle. Don't know if a few wraps of aluminum foil would work or not, but the aluminum tape should work well.

guido · Feb 5, 2020

Hello dr sportster,

I used thin cut off wheels too. Just wrapping the cut area with tape seamed to work best for small lines.
I also used a chop saw with success for the bigger lines.

At times the cut needed a bit of trimming, but work fine,

Guido.

jniolon · Feb 5, 2020

another tip... if you are going to use AN fittings there is a tool you should have to save time and blood. Its called KoulTool and is used to insert the braided line into the fitting good stuff

john

https://koultools.com/product/an-hose-assembly-tool/

jniolon · Feb 5, 2020

another tip If you are using an fittings you need this tool to save time and blood.. Koul Tool

https://koultools.com/product/an-hose-assembly-tool/

john

Dave BN · Feb 5, 2020

https://powerwerx.com/heavy-duty-cable-cutter?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkYOQr8S75wIVysDICh1-jwTbEAQYAiABEgK-TPD_BwE

Google "heavy duty wire cutters" or try to follow the above address.
This is what I use and it does do a neater job if you wrap the hose with duct tape before you cut.

Dave

DR. EVIL · Feb 5, 2020

Are you wrapping the area your going to cut tightly with tape? Like electrical tape. Before you try to get the end fitting slipped over the stainless braid?

moresmoke · Feb 5, 2020

I wrap with masking tape and cut through the middle of the tape.

mjsnodgrass · Feb 5, 2020

summit racing and speedway motors have a good assortment of ready made hoses. when I plumbed my car, I found I couldn't build the hoses for what I could buy them for. goodridge has excellent assortment of hoses as well. good luck with your project

Traditional Farmer · Feb 5, 2020

Put a wooden dowel inside the line tight before cutting it with a thin cut off wheel,never tried it with line you described but works with hydraulic line

Ark68SS · Feb 5, 2020

I've had the best luck with a [u:3ea62cc7e7]sharp[/u:3ea62cc7e7] cold chisel, a smooth anvil, and a BIG hammer. This works well on hose with the rubber innards. If the hose has a nylon inner tube, the chisel won't work, crushes the nylon.
BillL

Mike M · Feb 6, 2020

When I worked at the truck dealer we made up those type of lines for right off the air compressor. We wrapped masking tape around it and then cut in the middle of the tape as said below. Used a cut off chop saw. Same one we used for hyd. lines too.

dr sportster · Feb 6, 2020

That is a great idea !

Bruce(OR) · Feb 6, 2020

Time I spent as a bubble chaser in a Hyd shop, was the masking tape and a sharp hack saw. Keep it straight and even. Your biggest enemy is the frayed ends. Chop saw should also work.

dr sportster · Feb 7, 2020

I saw that in the Summit Racing catalog so I ordered one.

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