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Cutting the metal tube of a blind
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her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? |F |
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On 02/03/2008 09:09, freecycle wrote:
her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Ang^H^H^H You could have roughly cut it slightly over-length and then filed it down. |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... On 02/03/2008 09:09, freecycle wrote: her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Ang^H^H^H You could have roughly cut it slightly over-length and then filed it down. Or used a dremel with cutting disk |
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"TMC" wrote in message ... "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... On 02/03/2008 09:09, freecycle wrote: her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Ang^H^H^H You could have roughly cut it slightly over-length and then filed it down. Or used a dremel with cutting disk Perhaps the saw blade wasn't a good one - or was too coarse. |
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John wrote:
"TMC" wrote in message ... "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... On 02/03/2008 09:09, freecycle wrote: her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Ang^H^H^H You could have roughly cut it slightly over-length and then filed it down. Or used a dremel with cutting disk Perhaps the saw blade wasn't a good one - or was too coarse. Or the blade was not in sufficient tension? Were there no instructions with the blind? -- Rod |
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"freecycle" wrote in message ... Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? I used a hacksaw; the cut was a bit jagged but when the plastic end was put on it concealed any minor imperfections. I also filed any sharp bits. Junior hacksaw should be fine as long as the blade is sharp and under tension. One thing - IIRC I clamped the metal bit in my Workmate to keep it stable whilst I cut. This stopped it flexing during cuttting and made cutting a straight(ish) line easier. These metal bits are medium flimsy so a firm grip on them is essential. HTH Dave R |
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freecycle wrote:
Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? F Use this as an excuse to treat yourself to a Dremel and once you have it, use one of the cutting discs - brilliant job, done in minutes with no bother at all. John |
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On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:09:57 UTC, freecycle wrote:
Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Plumber's pipe cutter? -- The information contained in this post is copyright the poster, and specifically may not be published in, or used by http://www.diybanter.com |
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Cutting the metal tube of a blind
On 2 Mar 2008 11:34:42 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:09:57 UTC, freecycle wrote: Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Plumber's pipe cutter? That's probably what I'd have used as well altho' the diameter of the pipe isn't known . |
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Cutting the metal tube of a blind
wrote in message ... On 2 Mar 2008 11:34:42 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:09:57 UTC, freecycle wrote: Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Plumber's pipe cutter? That's probably what I'd have used as well altho' the diameter of the pipe isn't known . Adjustable pipe cutter then. Adasm |
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Cutting the metal tube of a blind
wrote in message ... On 2 Mar 2008 11:34:42 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:09:57 UTC, freecycle wrote: Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Plumber's pipe cutter? That's probably what I'd have used as well altho' the diameter of the pipe isn't known . I've just fitted a couple of metal-tubed blinds, one from Ikea, one from Argos. The tubes were around 3/4" diameter, very thin steel, and had a clenched seam. They were sods to cut with a junior hacksaw, even rotating the tube so that there were always several teeth in contact with steel. The blind fabric is already attached so solutions involving flying sparks are perhaps inappropriate (so not the chop saw), and I suspect the seam would give a pipe-cutter problems. -- Kevin Poole **Use current month and year to reply (e.g. )*** |
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wrote in message ... On 2 Mar 2008 11:34:42 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:09:57 UTC, freecycle wrote: Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? Plumber's pipe cutter? That's probably what I'd have used as well altho' the diameter of the pipe isn't known . Adjustable pipe cutter then. Thats what I use + hacksaw on the seam. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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"Rod" wrote in message Or the blade was not in sufficient tension? Were there no instructions with the blind? -- Rod They were in brail |
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from freecycle contains these words: Hi, her-indoors bought a blind from Ikea and asked me to put it up, and I needed to cut the metal tube it rolled on. For the first cut I used a hacksaw, but it left so much jagged metal that I cut it again. I used a junior hacksaw freehand this time, trying to cut on a line I'd drawn. The blade bent and buckled so much that the end was in and out when I'd finished. What tool should I have used? |F Hmm ........... no-one's come up with the answer I would use without any doubt -- bandsaw with a fine metal-cutting blade. I keep an old BBS20 set up permanently for such jobs.A perfect result every time. |
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