Many old rubber things, for example, old tires, can find the second life in hands of national handymen. The most difficult in creation of such products are to cut in its necessary way. If you want easily and will just learn to cut rubber, practically without spending efforts, listen to simple councils.
- - sharp knife;
- - diesel fuel, kerosene, soap, water;
- - electric tools;
- - string for autoglass cutting;
- - axe.
1. Take sharp knife - it can be shoe, hunting or normal kitchen knife from good steel. Also you can use assembly linoleum knife, but consider restriction in length of edges - it will be suitable only for rubber of small thickness.
2. Stretch rubber or just bend in that place where you are going to cut. If you are going to cut tire, hold it with leg that the cut edges did not clamp knife cloth.
3. Begin to cut rubber, at the same time bend that place which you will cut. In order that the knife went easily, moisten it with the soap paste made of razvarenny soap in water. If there is no paste near at hand, use kerosene, diesel fuel, soap or normal water for lubricant.
4. Big on the areas and thick rubber cut hacksaw with small cloth, at the same time moisten it with diesel fuel or kerosene.
5. For acceleration of process use circular saw, saber saw, the electrofret saw, the Bulgarian. Be extremely careful at the same time as in inept hands the cutting by the electric tool can become dangerous. Well fix rubber, surely stretch or bend cloth, otherwise knives will just get stuck in it.
6. For easy and figured cutting of rubber use string for cutting autoglasses or the special cutting torch, thus it is possible even to cut additional protector in tires (for increase in passability). Before cutting surely wash up rubber and pay attention to the correct adjustment of current.
7. If you well are able to use the axe, try to cut rubber, this way will be suitable even for thick dense rubber. For this purpose pull it on powerful executioner's block, plan lines of section and split it with the good sharp axe. At the same time it is important not to miss.