cutting bt-05

A piece of angle iron to draw straight lines 180 degrees apart, and a very sharp knife and a steady hand.

1. Angle Iron
2. Sharp X-acto knife
3. Optional masking tape to prevent severe mistakes.

1. is the trick

In addition to the previous suggestions, use a dowel or spent (or new) BT-5 motors inseted in BT to prevent crushing tube during cut. -- Richard....Hickok

"tater schuld" wrote in news:vm2k9rc5jop9f4 @corp.supernews.com:

Use a knife?

Seriously. use the t-bar or door frame technique to mark the two sides, then use a long skinny pair of scissors.

len.

I can't recall where I saw it, but I do recall someone, either in a magazine, newsletter, web page, or whatever describing a body tube splitter they built. IIRC it used a band saw, and had some sort of follower piece behind the blade to keep the tube from rotating.

Any one else remember where this was?

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