Collectively they do restrict flow and are a ridge to collect sludge and crud. Use a cone cutter and battery drill/driver to remove the lot in seconds.
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Deburring copper pipe
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Yes
Could do, but it is more time consuming and I have got a lot to do.
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I was once fitting a brake shoe spring with a pair of needle nose pliers when they slipped, they went straight up into my face, luckily I wear glasses because it hit my glasses hard enough to knock them across the drive and bruised my face. The gouge on my glasses lens was dead centre, I reckon I would have lost an eye had I been wearing contacts...
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Send it back and order the cone cutter.
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You're like a broken record. Which cone cutter do you have in mind? A tapered one, presumably.....
It seems like a reasonable approach, but I would expect that the copper comes away as fairly small particles, in which case it's also important to make sure that these are removed rather than being left in the pipe.
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** snip Matt making things up **
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You insert the tip in the pipe, and run it round the inside edge a couple of times with a reasonable force against the edge. The burr comes off as a single piece of swarf (after a few practice runs).
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I liked the ebay item - the top line of "See more great items from this seller" shows three deburring tools and a packet of condoms :-)
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I'll let you know how I get on with the hand tool, if I have a problem with it I will try the cone cutter.
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It's basically a rotary file and you can use it in anything that will make it rotate at a reasonable speed. I;m not sure that a drill would be very easy to handle in that sort of application though - my router has a removeable motor so I can use it as a die grinder.
It's very important to take precautions when using this sort of tool :-)
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Bought the Screwfix equivalent, it is much better than the original tool I had, very easy to use and does what I want. Thanks for the pointer Andy.