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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: HeelSpur on November 07, 2015, 06:22:32 AM

Title: Tubing cutter
Post by: HeelSpur on November 07, 2015, 06:22:32 AM: Does anyone know if this was part of a flaring kit? Imperial.
Saw one on ebay and it was with a kit but not sure if it went to the kit.

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Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Papaw on November 07, 2015, 09:01:50 AM: Sure could have been part of a kit, but I bet plenty were sold individually. Nice having a scribe on it.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: international3414 on November 07, 2015, 10:51:45 AM: i thought that was a reamer
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 07, 2015, 12:17:58 PM: Quote from: international3414 on November 07, 2015, 10:51:45 AM
i thought that was a reamer
So did i.

Interesting/odd design. I would worry about crushing the tubing in that "V" cradle. Other tubing cutters I've seen have wheels that accept the tubing, yes, in a "V" shape, but the wheels reduce friction.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: turnnut on November 07, 2015, 01:22:30 PM: a reamer on the end, yes.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: bonneyman on November 07, 2015, 02:00:03 PM: I've seen alot of Imperial tubing cutters in my day, but nothing as cool as that.

Here's a set for sale on the bay, with your cutter and what looks like the contemporary flaring tools.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Piece-Vintage-The-Imperial-Brass-MFG-CO-Tube-Cutter-and-Flaring-Tool-Kit-/181914327370?hash=item2a5af0594a:g:MxgAAOSwRLZUIvE5
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Ray Smi7th on November 07, 2015, 04:35:23 PM: Here's one (unmarked) that I picked up some time ago.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Papaw on November 07, 2015, 05:01:56 PM: Nice one, Ray!
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: HeelSpur on November 07, 2015, 05:02:43 PM: ^^ That is totally cool, wonder what the age is.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Lostmind on November 07, 2015, 06:02:01 PM: Quote from: Ray Smi7th on November 07, 2015, 04:35:23 PM
Here's one (unmarked) that I picked up some time ago.

I have one of those , I think I posted it a couple years ago. Yours is the only other one I've seen
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: bonneyman on November 09, 2015, 04:20:51 PM: HeelSpur, I picked up an old used AC book at a rummage sale last week, and it has a picture of a tubing cutter listed among necessary tools that looks just like yours. The copyright is 1938.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Northwoods on November 09, 2015, 04:42:39 PM: AC = ?
Allis Chalmers?
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 10, 2015, 10:50:09 AM: Quote from: Northwoods on November 09, 2015, 04:42:39 PM
AC = ?
Allis Chalmers?
or possibly Air Conditioning.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: EVILDR235 on November 10, 2015, 01:27:39 PM: Al Capone.

EvilDr235
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Aunt Phil on November 10, 2015, 06:16:11 PM: Quote from: Bill Houghton on November 10, 2015, 10:50:09 AM
Quote from: Northwoods on November 09, 2015, 04:42:39 PM
AC = ?
Allis Chalmers?
or possibly Air Conditioning.
That cutter predates the term Air Conditioning.
Back then it was Mechanically cooled and Sulphur Dioxide was popular as a substitute for Ammonia.
Title: Re: Tubing cutter
Post by: Chillylulu on November 15, 2015, 02:20:09 PM: Cutters like Ray's are used for cutting glass tube, also. Tge cutting wheel is much smaller on the glaas cutting type.

I would guess those are for small tubing. Plenty of that on building hvac controls, pneumatic controls anyway.

Chilly