View Full Version : Trick for Cutting PVC Pipe Easily
Sandtiger
05-11-2006, 04:52 PM
Buy some nylon cord like heavy kite cord type stuff and cut a piece about 40" long. Measure the length pipe you need and mark the point at which you want to cut it.
Take a saw and draw the saw across the mark to make a notch.
Now take the nylon cord at each end and put it on the notch and draw it back and forth in the notched area until the pipe is cut all the way through. The finished cut will be nice and clean - no grit.
Good luck. Practice on a couple of pieces before you make your stake out pole of wheels or whatever. [wink]
A piece of wire-line works good also.
Antman40
05-14-2006, 01:28 PM
I don't want to "bust" the thread but, if you use a saw to make the "score" or notch.....why not just use the saw to cut it? When I cut pvc I just use a sawz all....
Tony
HAHA........ I saw that coming[grin]
Sandtiger
05-14-2006, 09:21 PM
Antman40 originally wrote:
I don't want to "bust" the thread but, if you use a saw to make the "score" or notch.....why not just use the saw to cut it? When I cut pvc I just use a sawz all....
Tony
Just in case you'd like to have a finished cut that will be nice and clean - no grit. Which is something you do not get with your saw. [wink]
So lets run a router around the edge and then shoot a flame across it to make it smooth. ( Are we entering some kind of craftmanship contest or is this for a Kayak)
Then we can break out the micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk and cut it with an axe.
Sandtiger
05-15-2006, 09:09 PM
So lets run a router around the edge and then shoot a flame across it to make it smooth. ( Are we entering some kind of craftmanship contest or is this for a Kayak)
Then we can break out the micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk and cut it with an axe.
.............. never mind it's not worth it...........
Next we'll discuss how to install a screw, righty tighty, lefty loosy.
Sandtiger
05-16-2006, 09:03 PM
Juke originally wrote:
Next we'll discuss how to install a screw, righty tighty, lefty loosy.
Or how to fill our waders with 40+ degree water....... [grin]
Linstad
05-18-2006, 08:44 AM
I use my miter saw...nice smooth edges, and no hassle.
I can fill some waders with water. i can swim in them too.
cartmancop
05-22-2006, 11:59 AM
A good gromel tool will work.
captaingeorge
05-22-2006, 12:49 PM
cartmancop originally wrote:
A good gromel tool will work.
What the heck is a gromel tool??