I found the best thing to do is to buy threaded fitting, that can be used over and over and just buy replacement hoses and screw on. I buy my fittings at surpluscenter.com. Cheapest place to buy them. You have to pay postage, But the postage is very reasonable, and their low prices, pay for the postage on small orders. It takes about a week to get the order delivered. Their products are quality.
Really? Does it cut cleanly through the wire weave?
These twist on fittings are as old as the world, i use them too if need be.
Interesting perspective. Can you cite any gov. building or industrial code that supports that? Reason I ask is that before I retired, I worked for USPS in a medium sized mail processing facility. They use a *lot* of air for all sorts of stuff in those facilities. About 15 years ago, they replaced the compressor (new one was, IIRC, a 50 HP screw compressor) and all the corroding black iron in the building with copper; all the 'trunk' lines were 2". All the copper in the building used sweated joints. The only one that ever let go was when one of the mechanics forgot to completely depressurize the system before putting a torch to a joint to open the system to add a drop.
Sounds like a brothel!
My uncle always cut it with a very sharp axe. Double edge axe.
Yup if the axe is sharp & your are good with an axe. I wasn't very good with it.
My dad has been using pvc pipe for well over 25 years. Pipe is under pressure all day every day. My brother bought some roll out thin wall pipe that I installed for him. All the Tees and Ells were compression fittings. I promise you I had never seen such before. It may have been aluminum pipe, thin too.
Exactly what unc was doing. Lay it across a stump and cut it. They kept a crimp machine with them.
I would get some metal, made out of steel, cut off wheels for a grinder. You can also get a metal blade for a skil saw that is steel itself. Run it in a miter saw. Don't use abrasive blades because hose pinches easy and the abrasive blade will come pay you a visit.