[Shop-talk] Cutting tires

[Battmain]

I've used a large pair of snips. The one I used is larger than this
one in the link, but looks similar....

http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/snips/7-inch-straight-pattern-snips-66592.html


It cut through the wire and rubber fine. My hands did get a work
out though. Cutting closer to the hinge worked better due to leverage.
I did not attempt to cut through the bead. 

Regards,
Brian
battmain at yahoo.com



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From: "eric at megageek.com" <eric at megageek.com>
To: shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net
Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 5:22:06 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Cutting tires

OK, 

Does anyone have any hints for cutting tires?  I want to cut the tread of 
an old tire to make some pads for my backhoe's outriggers.

I don't need to cut the beard (which I know is a bear) but just the treat 
face of the tire. 

Thanks in advance.

Moose
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 
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