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In the manufacture of various homemade products, sometimes it becomes necessary to drill round pipes. To perform such an operation using conventional twist drills is quite difficult, as this will require painstaking preliminary preparation. How to get out of the situation?
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

Will need


If there is a ring mill suitable for diameter (another name for a core, hollow or ring drill), then working with curved surfaces, in particular cylindrical, becomes much simpler and more productive.
We will also need a drive for tools, for example, a drill, several conventional twist drills of different diameters and a means for cooling the crown during operation. It can be a special cutting fluid, a suitable machine oil, or, say, WD-40 universal lubricant.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

Crown Drilling Algorithm


Drilling the pipe surface must be directed strictly in diameter, otherwise it will not be possible to achieve a positive final result.
1. We mark on the end of the pipe with a marker the place of intersection of the diameter with the walls of the product (for this there are many methods and devices).
2. Install the pipe so that one of the marks is strictly on top. Using a tape measure, measure from it along the generatrix the required distance and mark it with a marker.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

3. Clamp the pipe in a bench vise and tilt the marked point using a core and a hammer.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

4. Turn the pipe over in the vice with the reverse side, mark the point opposite to the first, and also wrap it.
5. Using a thin drill and a drill, drill holes in the two pipe points outlined.
6. Next, drill them with a drill of a larger diameter in one pass through, since there is an upper guide and a lower centering hole.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

7. Replacing the spiral drill in the drill chuck with a crown with a centering drill, we rotate the pipe in a vice by 90 degrees so that the guide holes are horizontal. This will allow you to make great efforts when working with the crown.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

8. Since the core drill is very hot during operation to cool it and facilitate the process, grease the working teeth and the adjacent belt belt in a circle with universal grease WD-40.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

9. Insert the centering drill of the crown into the hole previously prepared in the pipe and start the process, adding lubricant to the crown from time to time.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

10. After the crown comes out on the opposite side of the pipe, we get a cutout that must be exactly the same in diameter as the configuration of the pipe, which is confirmed by an appropriate check.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

11. If several nozzles with equal lengths with curly cuts at the ends are required, then we drill centering holes in the pipe billet at an equal distance from each other, and alternately, using a core drill, we obtain the desired billets.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

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We remind you that the outer diameter of the core drill and the pipe to be machined must be exactly the same.
How to easily make an exact cut in a pipe

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Comments (2)
  1. Basil
    #1 Basil Guests May 30, 2019 17:01
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    something a bit much waste. and it’s not clear, but where is the continuation? that is, how to drill a counter hole? there is no longer a perfect circle. and if the pipes need to be connected at a different angle?
  2. Guest Sergey
    #2 Guest Sergey Guests June 3, 2019 07:12 AM
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    What kind of milling cutter is it, and from which pipes?

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