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What a funny thread. [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/steerer-shortening-pipe-cutter ]THIS[/url] is STW to a T.
and by the time you're cutting where you want, it'll be the 6th -8th time you've cut a steerer, so you've got a decent chance of [s]doing a good job[/s] realising you measured from the wrong end the first time 😀 .
you've got a decent chance of realising you measured from the wrong end the first time
Who'd do that, though? Apart from a ham fisted oaf who cant cut straight? 😀
Mark it properly/use the right saw and you'll be fine. Edit - Alu is nice and easy to cut through. Have fun.
I've always had adequate results, and only ever really marked the cut line properly on a carbon steerer (well on the masking tape I wrapped it in). A guide would probably make the job a bit easier/less stressful - obviously make sure you cut it at the correct length, and leave a bit of space for spacers to avoid pain if you ever want to swap to a different steerer which will be a different height.
Hacksaw with a guide then finish with a file.
thanks folks - used the Topeak guide and a fresh hacksaw blade, new fork fitted perfectly, all good 🙂
hacksaw for the win!
might have cut the wrong part though...it took a while longer than usual?
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I use rhater's method, pipe cutter to lop the top off, then file the burrs down, takes 5 mins and ensures a nice straight cut.
my enthusiasm for filing a component that is going to have a couple of bearing races attached to it is pretty low - got to make sure all those filings are well cleaned away - same with cutting cables and filing the ends
You should really be cutting it on the bike. Maybe that's the source of all these hacksaw related ****uwittery comments.
That said, I have been known to do the same thing with a hoover strapped in proximity to the cut. Even then I managed to cut it reasonably straight though.
Esher shore, don't you just hate it when that happens..
You mean cutting [i]off[/i] Scienceofficer shirley?
I do. Whoops! Thanks.
If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing with power tools. And as this is STW the angle grinder must be a Hilti cordless jobbie.
I see this type of attitude bandied about alot.
CLEARLY the measure of a man is to be able to use hand tools, quickly cleany and accurately.
Power tools are for the weak.
+1 for jubilee clip and 12 inch hacksaw. Straight cut 1st time everytime.
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If a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing with power tools. And as this is STW the angle grinder must be a Hilti cordless jobbie.
I see this type of attitude bandied about alot.CLEARLY the measure of a man is to be able to use hand tools, quickly cleany and accurately.
Couldn't agree more, because I can. And what idiot would use an angle grinder to cut aluminium tube anyway?
And what idiot would use an angle grinder to cut aluminium tube anyway?
+1
[url= http://www.bodor.com/products/other/656.html#a ]doesn't every self respecting STWer have one of these in their man cave?[/url]
Has the OP cut the bloody thing yet? 🙂
^^^^^ Goldigger, look about 10 posts further up.....,
Done successfully on Tue evening 🙂
did someone mention angle grinders?
my favourite tool for removing cranks when the last idiot has stripped the threads after screwing the crank puller in crooked
clear the workshop, don the goggles and ear defenders! wroooom...
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