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[mod master]

So as the title suggests I'm looking for a way to cut my recently bought brass. If anyone has any suggestions please step forward. Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[stickfigure91x]

Pipe cutters, a saw, or a dremel.

[Soothsayer]

Everyone knows the most efficient way to cut brass is with your teeth and a firm chomp.

[Retiate]

You can get a pipe cutter, they cut very clean, very straight lines, but they leave a little indent that often needs to be flared out or sanded away. You can also use a dremel with a cutting wheel. This is what I normally do, unless I need the cut perfectly straight. With some practice, though, you can get cuts pretty straight.

[mod master]

Well I tried pipe cutters but it always bent the end of the brass way to much.

[TantumBull]

Pipe cutters are the way to go if you're cutting a barrel. If you're cutting out a breech than you'll obviously need a dremel.

[Dayko]

I have never had good luck with Pipe Cutters. I usually use either my Dremel or my Jig Saw. Either works good.

[Bullshit Dragon]

Just as piece of advice, when you use a hacksaw, use one with a REALLY high tooth count (12-32 or higher) because brass is soft and thin.

[tatertotguy]

The problem your all having with pipe cutters is that you over tighten them. You need to gradually increase the tightness on the brass as you cut.

[slowguitarman]

Wrap a piece of masking tape straight around the brass and then cut along the line. You can make perfectly straight cuts without the brass deforming at all.

[umdlancer]

With the pipe cutters, also make sure that you're using the right blade. A blade for cutting metal will just as easily cut PVC, but a blade for cutting PVC will not yield good results on metal.

[Shrub]

Probably a grinder would work I've never tried it except on a spring. If you try it DO NOT touch where you cut it will be as hot as hell.

[Falcon]

If you bought a decent pair of pipe cutters, they should've come with a built-in triangle shaped piece that you can then use to bring the pinched ends back out to true (or flare them out as the case may be.) But if your pipe cutters DIDN'T come with one of those, take a pair of wire cutters/dykes/dikes/whatever you call them where you're from that have a beak-shaped head, and stick the tip into your brass while they're closed, and twist THAT around with some pressure until the brass comes back to true (or, again, is flared out to where you want it.) A wide pair of needlenose pliers can do this well too. Depends on the size of your pliers and brass.

[Lynx]

Go to ACE, have the helpful hardware man cut it, then at home, use a pair of scissors to flare the edges out.

17/32" brass with a slightly caved in tip fits over the tip of the mega sized TTG's plunger nicely.