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01-20-2013, 08:13 PM #1
Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
In going thru my pics for another post, I saw the tubing "slicer" I made to slice regular plastic tubing (well pipe, pex tubing ect.) into that curly hose "protector". They charge a fortune for that stuff! I just took a short legnth of (about) 1 1/2 black pipe, guessed an angle to cut it on, and made up a little rig to hold a short pc. of a heavy sawzall blade. I figgured that it was pretty hard, and made a little "hook" type cut in the side of it with a little cut off wheel. It really works well! The pictures are not much, and if you would like a better pic or description, I'd be happy to help.
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01-20-2013, 08:44 PM #2
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
Neat idea.
I could use one of those myselfVince,
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01-20-2013, 08:53 PM #3
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
That is the most unique idea I've seen in a while. How do you establish the pitch of the helix? Looks quite uniform.
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01-20-2013, 09:05 PM #4
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
That's a great idea. Is the thumb bolt used to help guide your pipe as you're turning?
How do you turn it? By hand?I've got a cutting torch and a welder sooo YEAH it'll fit!!
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01-22-2013, 07:09 PM #5
Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
The angle of the blade makes the even spacing. The pipe is 1 1/2" and works well on std. 1" plastic well pipe. For smaller dia. tubing, I stick a pc. of EMT, steel or pvc inside the (bigger) pipe and hold it down with the thumbscrew (towards the knife) against the cutter. At about $5/ft. to buy the stuff, this works well. I hold it in the vice and twist the pipe to be slit with a pipe wrench.
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01-22-2013, 07:48 PM #6
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
Thanks for the info. There's a few hoses on my old backhoe that need a little more protection since the backhoe is used mostly in the woods on the farm. Every little bit of protection helps.
If I could just find out where to buy me a "Round-To-It" I'll get right to building me one.I've got a cutting torch and a welder sooo YEAH it'll fit!!
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01-22-2013, 09:23 PM #7
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
Great idea.
Looks primitive; works great.
What's not to like?That's the problem with trouble.
It always starts out as such fun."
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01-25-2013, 09:26 AM #8
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Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
Nice work. Wish I had the tools available to build this kinda stuff.
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01-25-2013, 06:16 PM #9
Re: Make hyd hose "shield" yourself
That's one of the slickest ideas I have seen in a long time!
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01-25-2013, 06:25 PM #10
You should have started up a company and made a mint selling to Home Depot with that idea. Minimal capital investment.
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