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The ruler is in inches:
This is the exhaust pipe cutter we bought. I wish I had purchased one of the 12 wheel kind, but I purchased a 4 wheel. It works well, but it is difficult to turn the handle far enough in the cramped American engine compartment:
You can see I'm marking the pipe with a fine point sharpie before I start cutting:
I bought a cheap Dremel-like rotary tool for this. I needed the precision of a small tool, but cutting steel pipe is very hard on the tool. I figured I'd very well destroy the tool by the end of the project, but it is still doing OK, considering. You know how virtually every tool has a notice to wear eye protection? Well, I did wear eye protection, and a piece of cutting disk flew off and hit my goggles. Definately wear eye protection when doing this. There is a lot of dust, so wear a dust mask as well. Read this web site's terms of use. Here I'm making a cut. I also found it was helpful to have a damp towel next to the pipe to catch dust and burning bits of metal:
Here is the pipe with all three exhaust ports cut out:
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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