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How to cut down poles

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hyphy8
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yoo how do i cut down my poles?
Dec 31 2010 4:14PM
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TheHamburglar
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but seriously, soak the grips in boiling water to loosen the glue, pull em off, then get a hacksaw and do work.
Dec 31 2010 4:29PM
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Otter.
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soak the grips in hot water.
pull the grips off - you can put the grip in a door and close it and pull it off.
pole cutter for a clean even cut. hacksaw if you don't have a pole cutter

Dec 31 2010 4:35PM
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teleTay
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watch 4frnt tech talk
Dec 31 2010 4:56PM
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General_Ripper
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Has anyone ever done composite poles with out totally ruining them?
Dec 31 2010 5:18PM
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dispatchQ_main
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I just did yesterday , cutting was fine (much like a hockeystick) but the grips on mine were alot higher quality , it took about 15 min per pole to get the grip off ( with a heat gun vice and errrry tool youde ever need) but when i went to put them back on the grip was constructed differently then most poles ive used before and i could only get it on about half way. You cant tell but i wanted to cut down 4 in and only ended up with 2 in ...
Dec 31 2010 6:34PM
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all-i-do-is=ski
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i did mine yesterday before i went skiing. But just put the grips in boiling water pull them off and use a pipe cutter.
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Dec 31 2010 7:00PM
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General_Ripper
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thanx +k
Dec 31 2010 7:21PM
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Otter.
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this.
Dec 31 2010 7:37PM
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Peter.
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if you don't have a pipe cutter you can go to any hardware store and just ask them if you can use theirs, or if they can do it for you. they should be cool about it
Dec 31 2010 7:48PM
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dmc12380
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i never heard of the hot water trick. but i put my poles in a vice grip and yank on it until the grips came off. then leave it in the vice and saw with a hack saw. if you dont have a hack saw just buy the replaceable hack saw blades at a hardware store and put some thick gloves on and cut away. its much cheaper than buying the whole hack saw itself
Dec 31 2010 8:01PM
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