Homemade Cap Cutter

[WillQuantrill]

This isn't a masterful feat of engineering, but it solved a problem I had. I bought a new plastic 7x52 mold and only have experience rolling torpedoes, so like any amateur torcedor I wanted to cap my new line of vitolas. I was disappointed in the options out there for cutters, I tried various circular instruments but they seemed too dull and uncomfortable to maneuver. I have seen rolling videos from foreign countries where the roller more or less wrapped a small pipe with duct tape to make a palm handle so concept is simple. Thanks to one of our more talented resident torcedors...... @FrostD sharing with me his experience and technique I knew I needed to just make a cutter sharp enough to fit the bill. My amateur gunsmith experience in bedding rifle actions came in handy, along with the random hardware I had in the basement the thing cost me 7 bucks. Found some 1 1/2" birch wood "dowel caps" on Amazon in a 6 pack for $7. Had some 5/8" copper pipe in the basement for free. The dowel caps come drilled for 1/2" holes so I drilled it out to 5/8" and sanded with the dremel so the 2 1/2" copper piece fit snug. Then I used a carbide dremel bit to gouge the inside of the wood hole walls and drilled 1/8" holes in the copper on the end to be inserted. Filled the hole about 1/3 of the way with Devcon Plastic Weld and inserted the copper. This tool will NEVER break. Found that my brass casing inside chamfer tool is just barely big enough to cut a perfect 20* knife edge on the end of the copper and boy is it sharp! I added some Tru Oil to the wood cap because anything worth doing is worth overdoing....amiright? Anyhow hope this helps someone else on here and thanks again to FrostD for being a good dude, taking the time to share.

 

[FrostD]

This isn't a masterful feat of engineering, but it solved a problem I had. I bought a new plastic 7x52 mold and only have experience rolling torpedoes, so like any amateur torcedor I wanted to cap my new line of vitolas. I was disappointed in the options out there for cutters, I tried various circular instruments but they seemed too dull and uncomfortable to maneuver. I have seen rolling videos from foreign countries where the roller more or less wrapped a small pipe with duct tape to make a palm handle so concept is simple. Thanks to one of our more talented resident torcedors...... @FrostD sharing with me his experience and technique I knew I needed to just make a cutter sharp enough to fit the bill. My amateur gunsmith experience in bedding rifle actions came in handy, along with the random hardware I had in the basement the thing cost me 7 bucks. Found some 1 1/2" birch wood "dowel caps" on Amazon in a 6 pack for $7. Had some 5/8" copper pipe in the basement for free. The dowel caps come drilled for 1/2" holes so I drilled it out to 5/8" and sanded with the dremel so the 2 1/2" copper piece fit snug. Then I used a carbide dremel bit to gouge the inside of the wood hole walls and drilled 1/8" holes in the copper on the end to be inserted. Filled the hole about 1/3 of the way with Devcon Plastic Weld and inserted the copper. This tool will NEVER break. Found that my brass casing inside chamfer tool is just barely big enough to cut a perfect 20* knife edge on the end of the copper and boy is it sharp! I added some Tru Oil to the wood cap because anything worth doing is worth overdoing....amiright? Anyhow hope this helps someone else on here and thanks again to FrostD for being a good dude, taking the time to share.

Outstanding @WillQuantrill ! I really dig the design & results! I never even thought of using a carbide dremel to sharpen the edges of the copper piping. Well done sir! I’m stoked to see how your round cap sticks turn out. Two thumbs up to you brother!