Homemade fork steerer cutting guide.

[Kerplunk]

Need to cut down a fork steerer and any proper tools seem expensive for something I'll use once. Is it as simple as using a couple of jubilee type clips clamped round the steerer with two fork spacers between them leaving just enough gap to fit a hacksaw blade between the spacers. My thinking was that the spacers would keep the blade square on.

 

[hamster]

A Post-It note wrapped round the tube gives you a straight edge. Cut carefully.

 

[dyna-ti]

Need to cut down a fork steerer and any proper tools seem expensive for something I'll use once. Is it as simple as using a couple of jubilee type clips clamped round the steerer with two fork spacers between them leaving just enough gap to fit a hacksaw blade between the spacers. My thinking was that the spacers would keep the blade square on.

Good thinking,but make sure they're supported at the back and cant twist

 

[Kerplunk]

Being a bit hamfisted I thought using the spacers as guide would be less likely to go wrong as otherwise I wouldn't back myself to cut straight.

 

[kaiser]

You can also use an old stem or what I use is a pipe cutter, run it round a few times and it'll give a perfect guide and if the tubes thin enough you can cut right through.

 

[mattbrown]

You can also use an old stem or what I use is a pipe cutter, run it round a few times and it'll give a perfect guide and if the tubes thin enough you can cut right through.

I use an old stem, still a bit skewiff, but thats just me in general

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

You can also use an old stem or what I use is a pipe cutter, run it round a few times and it'll give a perfect guide and if the tubes thin enough you can cut right through.

x2

 

[grahame]

x3 for the pipe cutter tip - quite cheap from the DIY superstores.

 

[dyna-ti]

If its an alloy pipe then it will cut it,but a steel [heat treated no doubt]-Not a snowdrops chance in hell

It may scratch a line that you can follow with a hacksaw,but cut :?

 

[kaiser]

Mines cuts easy though its not your common or garden pipe cutter