Cooling Cutting Hose

OK,

I'm about to do the whole water-cooling thing again and I was wondering how you guys cut your hose?

I always have a nightmare getting the cuts straight...

TIA.

 

Take a sharp knife, and push down on the hose while it sits on the desk. It's important that the knife's sharp though, or the cut'll slide off in either direction.

If you want to do it properly, John Guest make specialist cutters for hoses. They work brilliantly, but are ~£20 IIRC.

 

take a pair of SHARP scissors, and cut the hose, but be sure to cut it exactly perpendicular to the hose, so the outside and the cut make a 90 degree angle.

 

I should think that the same pipe cutting tool plumbers use for copper or PVC piping would work.

I've always been lazy and just used a box-cutter though.

 

Just use a sharp stanley knife.

Get a box, or anything with a good angle, then slice directly down with the knife. If you get a wonky cut, you can always trim it with a properly sharp knife.

 

Meh, I just used a sharp pen knife blade.
Worked fine!

 

Yeah, leaning towards a sharp stanley knife.
Might have to raid the store at work to see if there's any new ones 'going spare'.

 

I use one of these hose cutters, works perfect everytime

http://www.watercoolingshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=215

 

Hehe, that's the one I bought but it doesn't work.

Is there a particular technique??

 

i use a good pair of fiskars scissiors, they work fine, cut though anything they will.

with cutting tubing never try to push down, you need to slice across it, so a long kitchen knife and a flat surface will work well.

treat the tubing like when you cut meat and you will have no troubles.

 

I use it upside down compared to the photo, put the tube in then push blade down into it

 

or use the same thing they use to cut pieses of wood at school. I dont know how you call it in english. But it looks like a |_| profile. It looks like this in the length |_||_|.
You cut in the middle of the thing
Hope you understand my thing

 

I think you mean a mitre-box.

I've got a nice new set of razor blades which should do the job...

 

I think I do

 

w00t, I got it sorted.

One stanley blade, not a lot of pressure and a sawing action did the trick.

I'm typing this on my fluorinert-cooled PC now...

Thanks for all the replies guys.

 

I've got a hose cutter too - works cleanly, easily, and nicely. You could also use ratcheting PVC/plastic pipe cutters.

 

I use a PVC cutter, perfect ends every time.

Harbor Freight for the... well, you know.

 

kool where do you get a PVC cutter from? i have been using sharpe scissors but would be keen on geting the right tool for the job, since tygon costs a fair bit.

 

I got both of mine from Lowe's and Harbor Freight, but as you're UK, I have no idea where to direct you. It's actually made for cutting solid Schedule 40 pipe, so it'll do tubing no prob.

 

I find a stanley knife works best if you fold the tube at the correct length, then cut the stretched bit. After that, you can just trim any rough-sections no probs.