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SHAFT OR A TUBE. This method isn't a substitute for accurate setting-up in a milling machine but it'll give you a pretty close idea of where the middle of a tube is to drill a hole. All you need is a pillar drill and a short, flat strip of metal - we've used a six inch steel rule here. Just hold your tube in a drill vice and lay the steel rule across the tube. Mount the drill in the chuck and bring it down until it just makes contact with the steel rule. You'll immediately know if the drill is in the centre if the steel rule is horizontal. If the steel rule is see-sawing either way then the drill is off-centre. Clamp down the vice and drill your hole. A small drill may want to wander around a little so replace it with a centre drill to start your hole.
HOW TO CUT STAINLESS-
BRAIDED RUBBER HOSE. This method is probably the neatest way of cutting stainless-braided
rubber hose BUT - you must remember to wash out the hose before installing it. Wrap the hose tightly with masking tape and mark the cut position with a pen. Mount a 1mm thick steel cutting disc on your angle grinder. Hold one end of the pipe in your bench vice and hold the other end straight with a little tension. Cut through the hose slowly and carefully, reducing the pull tension as the cutter finally goes through the hose. If there are any straggly stainless fibres left you can trim them off with side cutters. Now WASH OUT the hose with some thinners. There will inevitably be some stainless and rubber powder inside and the last place you want that is in your engine.
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