Cutting Rigid metal conduit.

[Strathead]

30 seconds is not enough time for me to even lift 4" RMC onto any saw

That was with a ready set go, and I must admit i was thinking about a piece of rigid when I said it, not a ten foot stick.

 

[kwired]

That was with a ready set go, and I must admit i was thinking about a piece of rigid when I said it, not a ten foot stick.

What size do we switch from "stick" to "log" or to "trunk"?

1/2 EMT might be a stick, but 1 inch RMC has to at least be a sapling

 

[Strathead]

What size do we switch from "stick" to "log" or to "trunk"?

1/2 EMT might be a stick, but 1 inch RMC has to at least be a sapling

At my age, it is all a stick when I am requesting that an apprentice run on over to the pile and pick one up.:thumbsup:

 

[HappyFace]

Bolt a vice on your bumper or a bench table if the job warrants it and use a saw-zaw or band saw (portable) if the cuts ain't stay straight consistently. I can use those tools freehand 95 percent of the time without issues for short jobs if your making a lot of cuts use the vice to avoid to much waste.

 

[junkhound]

Most guys can't cut the pipe straight enough with any type of hand held saw, so on my jobs you will use a pipe cutter.

Agree - I can cut straight but if you include time to change blades the Rigid type pipe cutter shown in a previous photo coupled with power threader and a reamer on a stand beats cutting anytime IMO.

My old Pipe Master power threader has an integral cutter and reamer so you do not even have to pickup different tools. I have never saw cut a pipe or conduit when this type tool is nearby.