Tire grooving/ cutting

[Mudman02]

What is the best method yall have found to cut tires? I've tried body scissors and that just ain't workin. Any suggestions?

[Crank]

Xuron 410 Micro Shear Flush Cutter 410 Flush Cuts Soft Wire Up to 18 AWG 1 00mm | eBay

[Mudman02]

Originally Posted by Crank

Xuron 410 Micro Shear Flush Cutter 410 Flush Cuts Soft Wire Up to 18 AWG 1 00mm | eBay

Thanks man I'll have to get me a set!

[Mudman02]

Originally Posted by Crank

Xuron 410 Micro Shear Flush Cutter 410 Flush Cuts Soft Wire Up to 18 AWG 1 00mm | eBay

Could you get something like this at Home Depot or lowes or somewhere similar?

[Crank]

Originally Posted by Mudman02

Could you get something like this at Home Depot or lowes or somewhere similar?

You should be able too.
I was really just giving an example of what to look for.

[Mudman02]

Originally Posted by Crank

You should be able too.

I was really just giving an example of what to look for.

Ok thanks man!

[87warrior917]

I cut and siped my scx-10 rubican maxxis trepador tires with my demel. I just used a thin cut off wheel, worked perfect, and the best part is it smells just like the burnout box at the drag strip!

[Mudman02]

Originally Posted by 87warrior917

I cut and siped my scx-10 rubican maxxis trepador tires with my demel. I just used a thin cut off wheel, worked perfect, and the best part is it smells just like the burnout box at the drag strip!

That's a good idea too I've got my dremel sitting here now might try that too

[tacocat]

cuticle nippers work great and your girlfriend/wife/mother probably has a set laying around

[Boopernator]

I searched and found this thread and would like to revive it to ask a question. I see in 1:1 scale crawlers people use a heated blade to cut or slice into the tire tread. That is sipeing the tread for traction, so when we use a Dremel cut off wheel is that the same thing or is that grooving the tread? I think I will just have to experiment with some tires to find out if one is better than the other but if anyone else has experience with this let me know.

[Eric0424]

Originally Posted by Boopernator

I searched and found this thread and would like to revive it to ask a question. I see in 1:1 scale crawlers people use a heated blade to cut or slice into the tire tread. That is sipeing the tread for traction, so when we use a Dremel cut off wheel is that the same thing or is that grooving the tread? I think I will just have to experiment with some tires to find out if one is better than the other but if anyone else has experience with this let me know.

Siping and grooving are not exactly the same thing. Siping is cutting thin slices in the tread to gain traction in wet/icy conditions and is supposed to help with heat and road noise. Grooving is usually removing tread and/or reshaping the lugs to change the performance of the tire in various conditions.

Siping an RC tire would be cutting slices in the tread with a hobby knife or razor blade.

[Krazie Sj]

+1 What Eric Said.

[Boopernator]

So using a hobby knife to cut the thin slices in the tread might help with smooth rock surfaces and wet rocks? Cutting in to the tread with the dremel might help with rougher surfaces of rock?
I have Pit bull Rock Beast 2's and I was thinking about doing the thin slices in some of the bigger lugs to get more grip on the rocks.
Thank you for the info.

[DUBS]

Dremel tool.

[Krazie Sj]

Originally Posted by Boopernator

So using a hobby knife to cut the thin slices in the tread might help with smooth rock surfaces and wet rocks? Cutting in to the tread with the dremel might help with rougher surfaces of rock?
I have Pit bull Rock Beast 2's and I was thinking about doing the thin slices in some of the bigger lugs to get more grip on the rocks.
Thank you for the info.

Yup. Sipes are like your finger prints where as grooves are like grabbing something with your whole hand.

[WHITE-TRASH]

Flush cutters or nips work great for removing lugs. When doing a groove a cut off wheel in the dremel is my go to tool.

I don't think you'd really notice a difference between siped and non siped tires in an rc situation.

[IntenseCrawling]

I like to use a pair of model sprue cutters, they were well worth the $15 or so I paid.

[Tech]

Dug thus thread up looking for what tools to cut tires with. Used some little angled wire cutters and they worked great. But...

I learned the hard way that when you cut tread off, DO NOT PULL THE TREAD WHEN YOU MAKE THE CUT. Pulling the tread will pull up rubber that you don't want to cut. In my case, I made a hole in the tire. Simple fix but still annoying. What I began doing was pull the tread up, get the cutters in place, then let go of the tread and make the cut. Made a perfect cut every time.

Just thought I'd give a little bit of advise to the next guy that's never cut tires.

[onebigyota]

I used a pair of side cutters to cut mine

[bmxbryant09]

I've been cutting my tires with a pair of wire snips