Make hyd hose "shield" yourself

[Rustyiron]

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.

[DK35vince]

Neat idea.
I could use one of those myself

[npalen]

That is the most unique idea I've seen in a while. How do you establish the pitch of the helix? Looks quite uniform.

[Steave]

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?

[Rustyiron]

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.

[Steave]

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.

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.

[Baby Grand]

Great idea.
Looks primitive; works great.
What's not to like?

[JordanFTW]

Nice work. Wish I had the tools available to build this kinda stuff.

[Mace Canute]

That's one of the slickest ideas I have seen in a long time!

[TomSeller]

You should have started up a company and made a mint selling to Home Depot with that idea. Minimal capital investment.