Long ago, I used to work at Aeroquip and we made the stainless steel braided hose and screw together crimp fittings for aircraft and then we branched into the car market and started making lesser quality hose and fake nuts with the clamp inside for cars. The aerospace hose was way overrated for cars and extremely expensive.
At the time I had a 34 Ford 3 window coupe (sorry guys) and we plumbed every line and hose on the car with aircraft hose an fittings including the 2-1/4 inch radiator hoses. Probly had $1000 worth of aircraft hose on the radiator alone. I actually brazed 2-1/4" threaded hose nipples on the radiator and attached the lines with actual aircraft anodized screw together fittings. Maybe the only 3000 psi rated radiator hose in existence.
The president of Aeroquip at that time was a gear head, so he used to let me work on the coupe with the technicians at work, he saw the hoses and loved it so we developed the slide over anodized "nuts" with the clamp inside to simulate the screw together aircraft crimp fitting and the rest as they say is history. I still have boxes of hose and fittings from the day.
Anyway now that your all bored with another of my stories of the old days, to cut it we used a strong white tape about 3/4 inch wide similar to what you would wrap a hockey stick with and wrap it very tight, cut in the middle of the tape and leave the tape on the braid.
cutting with a thin high speed cutting wheel (steel) really helps. Like a cut off saw with a thin 12 inch diameter blade.
you might try a die grinder with a thin cutting blade? it would be similar to what we used only much smaller. I have not tried it yet.
we also had the hose clamped in v blocks on both sides of blade when we made the cut. Also, it tends to push the tape outward slowly, so slide the nut on immediately after cutting.
It is possilble and we used to make a braid that is cast onto the hose (smaller than the hose) that does not flare when cut. It actually presses in on the hose. I thought the auto world had switched to that. I guess they lost that art somewhere along the line.
Maybe someone should figure it out again, its not that difficult, but apparently the current makers of inexpensive stainless braided hose do not know that trick or do not have the equipment that will control the braid well enough. sorry I'm rambling again. Must be the drink.
