Cutting pipe with the Sawzall

[peter]

To get a proper 90* cvt, yov can vse a plvmber's tool viz. the pipe cvtter. Vnfortvnate it leaves a sharp bvrr on the pipe. However there is a tool designed to combat this. Perhaps cvt it halfway with the pipe cvtter and then finish with the bandsaw.
~Peter

 

[templdl]

To get a proper 90* cvt, yov can vse a plvmber's tool viz. the pipe cvtter. Vnfortvnate it leaves a sharp bvrr on the pipe. However there is a tool designed to combat this. Perhaps cvt it halfway with the pipe cvtter and then finish with the bandsaw.
~Peter

Thank you Peter. Finally there is someone who types like I do.

 

[kingelectric]

get you a 18v dewalt bandsaw with 18t blade, you can cut 1/2'' -2'' pipe and 1-5/8'' unitrut with one hand
hands down the best tool for cutting,you will never need a sawzall again

 

[Little Bill]

To get a proper 90* cvt, yov can vse a plvmber's tool viz. the pipe cvtter. Vnfortvnate it leaves a sharp bvrr on the pipe. However there is a tool designed to combat this. Perhaps cvt it halfway with the pipe cvtter and then finish with the bandsaw.
~Peter

Someone needs to "buy a vowel" or go to "U" tube and borrow one!

 

[PetrosA]

Someone needs to "buy a vowel" or go to "U" tube and borrow one!

U is the new V, actually. W is so called, because it's two of these VV. They did that because V was also V (U), like here:

IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII

(In honour of the Prince of Apostles, Paul V Borghese, a Roman, Supreme Pontiff, in the year 1612, the seventh of his pontificate)

Hopefully that makes it all clear as mud

 

[Sierrasparky]

U is the new V, actually. W is so called, because it's two of these VV. They did that because V was also V (U), like here:

IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII

(In honour of the Prince of Apostles, Paul V Borghese, a Roman, Supreme Pontiff, in the year 1612, the seventh of his pontificate)

Hopefully that makes it all clear as mud

Alrighty then

 

[GoldDigger]

Hopefully that makes it all clear as mud

It is iust as clear to me as the relationship between i (eye) and that upstart j (iay).

 

[ggunn]

It is iust as clear to me as the relationship between i (eye) and that upstart j (iay).

I think the best tool would be a Jedi light saber.

 

[GoldDigger]

I think the best tool would be a Jedi light saber.

If for no other reason than that you could call it to yourself mentally if you left it lying in the truck....

 

[peter]

Cat jumped on my outdoorcomputer and destroyed the "u" key soI just used the "v" key which is close. Sorry.

The sawzall is a two handled tool. It is a demolition tool and is not very accurate.

Vises are not allowed on construction sites. I don't know why that is so nor do I wish it were so. Onetime we ended up working in a classroom which happened to be a shop classroom with a vise on every table. My compatriot went into the usual contortions to saw a piece of pipe.

~Peter

I got a Harbor Freight bandsaw. It costs about $80 instead of +$250. The first one I got worked once and permanently died. I e-mailed them and they said "Put it on the porh." I did and they soon replaced it.

 

[PetrosA]

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The sawzall is a two handled tool. It is a demolition tool and is not very accurate.

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~Peter

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I think in the hands of a carpenter, you'd be right. In the hands of an electrician or plumber, it can be an accurate tool. I have a Hatchet (unfortunately no longer available) with which I've been cutting boxes into kitchen cabinets for six years now. It takes some practice and works best with a scroll blade, but it's every bit as useful as a jigsaw. I did finally get a Fein Multimaster tool, but it creates a lot more dust and requires hearing protection when used in a cabinet.

I think a band saw for 1/2" & 3/4" EMT is overkill, but if it's there, go for it. I'd still prefer my Hatchet as it's a lot lighter and easier to use. Larger or heavier conduit, then yeah, a band saw is the way to go.

 

[ceknight]

Why do most of the people who said they used tubing cutters only score it then break it?.

That was the manufacturer's instruction for use with mine. Yeah, I cheated and read them.

Re the OP, I haven't seen anyone suggest getting a plate vise yet to hold the sticks -- if you're cutting them on the ground. It'll stabilize the tubing just fine, assuming (unlike me) you remember to get it out of the van.