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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7619126, member: 105098"]As stldanceartist suggested a tube or pipe cutter is the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link to harbor freight here for a larger one that's cheap to see what it looks like, but there are small ones down to 1/4" even that are more cheap.</p><p><a href="https://www.harborfreight.com/no-2-pipe-cutter-62243.html?cid=paid_google|||62243&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx1G6eYFsxGOudILlTSbamjPqOast5v0D7oavJ9i5ZXOY02ZUmCuKP4aAjgMEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.harborfreight.com/no-2-pipe-cutter-62243.html?cid=paid_google|||62243&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx1G6eYFsxGOudILlTSbamjPqOast5v0D7oavJ9i5ZXOY02ZUmCuKP4aAjgMEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">https://www.harborfreight.com/no-2-pipe-cutter-62243.html?cid=paid_google|||62243&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx1G6eYFsxGOudILlTSbamjPqOast5v0D7oavJ9i5ZXOY02ZUmCuKP4aAjgMEALw_wcB</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You'd put it on the tube to fit and give it a spin and tighten a little bit and give it a spin, it will just cut the tube eventually into smaller pieces of tube that are more manageable to release the coins from without damage, or cut off the bottom to push from the back side. This does the least damage to the coins for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's what I've done to release them but if you buy a bigger one you have it for home piping repairs also if they pop up in the future. lol.</p><p>For home or coins I can't imagine you need one larger than 2" really but make sure it a just all the way down, some don't.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could also make an electric plastic cutter with a tight wire and some batteries and meltcut the tube laterally on one or two sides. I just don't like this idea with the metal coins and what might happen if you reach them after getting through the plastic. But it's another idea. I'm not a fan of the razor knife and screwdriver, it was some risk of damaging the coin edges but much more risk of cutting or stabbing my hand with either tool, it didn't seem safe to continue to do it. Maybe if you have a clamp to hold the tube though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7619126, member: 105098"]As stldanceartist suggested a tube or pipe cutter is the answer. Link to harbor freight here for a larger one that's cheap to see what it looks like, but there are small ones down to 1/4" even that are more cheap. [URL]https://www.harborfreight.com/no-2-pipe-cutter-62243.html?cid=paid_google|||62243&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx1G6eYFsxGOudILlTSbamjPqOast5v0D7oavJ9i5ZXOY02ZUmCuKP4aAjgMEALw_wcB[/URL] You'd put it on the tube to fit and give it a spin and tighten a little bit and give it a spin, it will just cut the tube eventually into smaller pieces of tube that are more manageable to release the coins from without damage, or cut off the bottom to push from the back side. This does the least damage to the coins for sure. It's what I've done to release them but if you buy a bigger one you have it for home piping repairs also if they pop up in the future. lol. For home or coins I can't imagine you need one larger than 2" really but make sure it a just all the way down, some don't. You could also make an electric plastic cutter with a tight wire and some batteries and meltcut the tube laterally on one or two sides. I just don't like this idea with the metal coins and what might happen if you reach them after getting through the plastic. But it's another idea. I'm not a fan of the razor knife and screwdriver, it was some risk of damaging the coin edges but much more risk of cutting or stabbing my hand with either tool, it didn't seem safe to continue to do it. Maybe if you have a clamp to hold the tube though.[/QUOTE]
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