Basic pneumatics questions

[TheHolyHades1]

Originally Posted by EricH

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.

Gotcha, thanks. As the poster above pointed out, apparently McMaster carries a tool for this. They have a warehouse near us, perhaps we can go tomorrow and pick one up directly. Thanks again.

[TheHolyHades1]

I've also heard that L-connectors should be avoided whenever possible; is this true, and are there any other connectors that I should be avoiding?