Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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.

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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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.

Or used a dremel with cutting disk

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

"TMC" wrote in message
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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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.

Or used a dremel with cutting disk

Perhaps the saw blade wasn't a good one - or was too coarse.

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

John wrote:
"TMC" wrote in message
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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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.
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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

"freecycle" wrote in message
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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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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?

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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 .

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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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
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Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

ARWadworth wrote:
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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

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

"Rod" wrote in message

Or the blade was not in sufficient tension?

Were there no instructions with the blind?

--
Rod

They were in brail

Cutting the metal tube of a blind
 

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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.