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21-04.-2004, 12:39 PM
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cutting carbon steerer
I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer.
I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do I cut the carbon tube to length? |
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21-04.-2004, 12:53 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
Mark OBrien <mark.obrien@quest.net> wrote:
> I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer. > > I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned > the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do > I cut the carbon tube to length? > > http://groups.google.com/groups?num...rer&btnG=Search |
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21-04.-2004, 02:03 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:39:06 -0500, Mark OBrien
<mark.obrien@quest.net> may have said: >I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer. > >I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned >the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do >I cut the carbon tube to length? It's recommended that a fine-tooth saw be used. http://www.parktool.com/repair_help..._forksize.shtml -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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21-04.-2004, 02:42 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
need one of these:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...pid=00940862000 Mark OBrien wrote: > I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer. > > I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned > the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do > I cut the carbon tube to length? > |
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21-04.-2004, 09:44 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
Mark OBrien <mark.obrien@quest.net> wrote in message news:<4085ECDA.2090507@quest.net>...
> I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer. > > I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned > the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do > I cut the carbon tube to length? Use a fine-tooth hacksaw and tape the steerer with masking tape at the cut line to prevent fraying. I like using a cutting guide. Once cut, some fine sandpaper will finish the edge. Remove tape when finished. Robin Hubert |
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21-04.-2004, 09:47 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
uce-<< need one of these:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...s&vertical=TOOL &pid=00940862000 >><BR><BR> No ya don't. A new-ish, high tooth count hacksaw blade...use a guide...It's not that complicated. Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302 (303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene" |
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22-04.-2004, 04:43 AM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
In article <4085ECDA.2090507@quest.net>, mark.obrien@quest.net says...
> > >I have a Force Carbon fork with carbon steerer. > >I have cut Aluminum fork steerer tubes before and cleaned >the cut up with a file and #400 grit sandpaper, but how do >I cut the carbon tube to length? You can use a dremel tool with a cut off wheel. Measure twice. Wrap steerer with masking tape and draw line on tape. Follow line with cut off wheel. Then clean up any frayed ends. ----------------- Alex |
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22-04.-2004, 12:29 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
well, the grit saw is "text book", or it used to be. less fraying.
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: > uce-<< need one of these: > > http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...s&vertical=TOOL > &pid=00940862000 >><BR><BR> > > No ya don't. A new-ish, high tooth count hacksaw blade...use a guide...It's not > that complicated. > > Peter Chisholm > Vecchio's Bicicletteria > 1833 Pearl St. > Boulder, CO, 80302 > (303)440-3535 > http://www.vecchios.com > "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene" |
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22-04.-2004, 10:26 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
Qui si parla Campagnolo <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote:
> No ya don't. A new-ish, high tooth count hacksaw blade...use a guide...It's not > that complicated. Dumb question: Wouldn't one of those pipe cutter tools that plumbers use do the job? Art Harris |
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22-04.-2004, 11:00 PM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
Art<< Dumb question: Wouldn't one of those pipe cutter tools that plumbers use
do the job? >><BR><BR> Not really. These add a ridge on metal and don't cut the carbon cleanly. Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302 (303)440-3535 http://www.vecchios.com "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene" |
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23-04.-2004, 11:40 AM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
> Qui si parla Campagnolo <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote:
>>No ya don't. A new-ish, high tooth count hacksaw blade...use a guide...It's not >>that complicated. Harris wrote: > Dumb question: Wouldn't one of those pipe cutter tools that plumbers use > do the job? You'd likely fracture the fibers longitudinally and wreck the thing. 32t blade. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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24-04.-2004, 03:39 AM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
In article <OJPhc.3106$WC3.27778@ord-read.news.verio.net>,
aharris@bookworm.suffolk.lib.ny.us says... >Dumb question: Wouldn't one of those pipe cutter tools that plumbers use >do the job? You risk crushing the tube before you cut it. ------------- Alex |
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24-04.-2004, 11:48 AM
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Re: cutting carbon steerer
Just buy the cutting guide tool from Park, get a decent hacksaw blade and
get it over with.... "Alex Rodriguez" <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote in message news:c6bntc$o9b$2@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu... > In article <OJPhc.3106$WC3.27778@ord-read.news.verio.net>, > aharris@bookworm.suffolk.lib.ny.us says... > > >Dumb question: Wouldn't one of those pipe cutter tools that plumbers use > >do the job? > > You risk crushing the tube before you cut it. > ------------- > Alex > |
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