[EricH]

Originally Posted by TheHolyHades1

Thank you both. How would you recommend that we cut the tubing? I've tried to use scissors and xacto knives/box cutters but none of them seem to be doing the job well, or at all in some cases. Should I be using something like wire cutters?

Diagonal cutters should work--but as I noted earlier, you want that tubing cut as close to straight across as you can get. I've seen special cutters for the stuff that help with that, but I'm not sure where to get 'em, especially on short notice.