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So I've just cut this tube, this metal tube, on my band saw. That's mainly because I can't
find my little pipe cutter. I bought this brass tube and the pipe cutter at a model
shop, a model building shop, very handy resource for puppet makers. I can't find the pipe cutter.
It's somewhere in the shop. So I used the band saw. But then I have to be very careful
to sand, this is a sanding block, foam sanding block, the ends of those tubes. Because otherwise
they'll cut right through the Dacron. So I sand, and they're sharp. So they would hurt
the puppeteer. So, I sand the ends and then I'll also use either a circular, a tiny circular
file, which I also can't find. I hope your shop is more organized than mine. Or a little
teeny rolled up piece of sandpaper. Which I stick into the end of the tube. And I roll
it around. And what that does is take off any burrs that remain on the inside of the
tube.