How to properly cut brass for an angel breech.
#1
Posted 07 March 2012 - 09:54 PM
#2
Posted 07 March 2012 - 10:18 PM
-SJ
#3
Posted 07 March 2012 - 10:21 PM
#4
Posted 07 March 2012 - 10:44 PM
EDIT: There is also usually a right angle pointy piece on the pipe cutters. This is to de-burr the fresh cut. I have also used this piece to re-expand the possibly deformed pipe edge.
Edited by Phree Agent, 07 March 2012 - 11:30 PM.
#5
Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:19 PM
When using pipe cutters on brass you have to go really slow and increase the pressure of the cutting wheel little by little to avoid getting that lip you're talking about. It usually takes me a few dozen rotations to get a nice clean cut.
I tried this and it still left a lip. and I only turned the tightener a fraction of a turn each time.
And if I didnt start it tight enough on the brass, it would slide around, which then leaves a ton of tightening rings.....not good
#6
Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:39 PM
#7
Posted 07 March 2012 - 11:47 PM
Could you possibly put a picture?? I'm way stupid, I mean confused.Most pipe cutters have a triangular piece that folds out, this is to ream out the lip that cutting will invariably leave. If yours doesn't, improvise.
Edited by mrdarkmonkey96, 07 March 2012 - 11:48 PM.
#8
Posted 08 March 2012 - 12:43 AM
See the triangular bit at the 3 o'clock position, that folds out and is used to ream the tube back out. If yours doesn't have that, any suitable wedge shaped thing will work, needle nose pliers, wire cutters, etc.
Edited by OneWingedAngel, 08 March 2012 - 12:45 AM.
#9
Posted 08 March 2012 - 12:44 AM
Edited by SwiFTNerF, 08 March 2012 - 12:45 AM.
#10
Posted 08 March 2012 - 02:33 AM
What I'm saying is you need be be more pro, tent camper scrub.
Kruger and Dunning (1999)
#11
Posted 11 March 2012 - 05:09 AM
So I cut all my brass using that.
After milling the brass, then a piece of emery cloth to remove all the burrs and hey presto.
So far, I have not tried cutting brass with my Dremel yet.
#12
Posted 11 March 2012 - 08:31 AM
Hen hen, just behind my desk at the office, there is a machine room with a milling machine.
So I cut all my brass using that.
After milling the brass, then a piece of emery cloth to remove all the burrs and hey presto.
So far, I have not tried cutting brass with my Dremel yet.
Cheater......
#13
Posted 11 March 2012 - 09:54 AM
of distorting (or squashing) the pipe if this is done willy nilly.
My office does not have proper pipe clamps, and instead I put a bolt padded out using masking tape
inside the pipe until the fit is very tight, then apply the clamp where the bolt has beeen inserted.
Then once that is done, the job still takes around 15-20 minutes.
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