There is a smaller tube cutter used for cutting steel brake lines. You can pick it up at your local auto parts store. It has a smaller cutting and guide wheel to handle the smaller diameter break lines. Ted T. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Creswick Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] FW: Metal can, transistor, delidding tool Victor, To follow through with Dave's idea - take a peek at these pics. I believe that I could modify my cutter rollers in about an hour - a bit longer if the rollers were hardened. Definitely would want to take some of the excess 'play' out of the cutter guide assembly. http://ipc-technet.groupsite.com/gallery/20950 Definitely works for a T0-5, but won't work for some of the optical TO-92's, or power TO-3's etc. Not what I had used in the past, but if you don't have too many to open and you can not locate a ready-made one .... it may be worth a try. PS - I am not pro or con on this particular tubing cutter. Just happens to be the one I recently purchased when my old one finally stopped cutting properly. This one is nice, however, because the cutting wheel assembly is easily dis-assembled. I believe that I picked this up at Lowe's or Menards {Home Improvement Centers} Steve Creswick Sr Associate - Balanced Enterprise Solutions http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencreswick 616 834 1883 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------