On 2012-05-11, wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2012 21:10:35 -0400, "Stephen B."
wrote:

"Tom Gardner" wrote
On 5/10/2012 2:23 PM, Existential Angst wrote:



I would like to see ANYBODY cut 2" x .049" wall tube with a tube
cutter. It seems that politics overrides physics...loudly.

Hech, you can cut schedule 40 iron pipe with a "pipe cutter" which is
just a heavy duty tube cutter. I think Sched 80 is done the same way.

0.049" is way thinner than Sched 40 -- maybe down around "Sched
5" if that is an official designation. Anyway -- below a certain wall
thickness for a given diameter, tubing spends more time flexing than
actually being cut.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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