How do I cut pieces of pipe all the same length?

I need 4 pieces of pipe, all cut to the same length. Is there a trick to cut them square and to the same length? I do not have a lathe, or a chop saw.

 

what type of pipe? muffler pipe ....? how about a pipe cutter measure 2 X's cut once

 

Build a plywood jig.

 

1-1/4 DOM with a .120 wall

 

Chopsaw.

 

What he said......

 

If you haven't bought the tubing yet, they can cut it to length for you, usually a $1 a cut. Other wise I'd rent a chop saw.

 

Pipe wrap - but you need to be able to follow a line.
Pipe wrap is a tool to mark pipe square

 

Pipe wrap. Buy them at the welding supply or make your own.

Damn. 31 writes faster.

 

piece of paper with a straight edge, wrap around pipe , make mark and follow it. gotta saws all?

 

I guess I could run the pipe cutter around it to mark it true and cut on the line with my angle grinder. I just wondered if there was an easy "trick" to make them all the same length.

 

Sounds like you need to have a buddy with a lathe cut the tubing for u !

 

Careful marking for length, and a little trick you can use for a straight cut with a hacksaw is to tighten a hose clamp onto the tube and then as you cut the clamp guides the blade for a straighter cut.

Will take some elbow grease if you are cutting thicker material

 

Build a simple jig with a stop at one end and a box at the cut point. Make a cut thru the box at the cut point to act as a cut guide. put tubing thru the box, use cut guide to make
sure all cuts follow the same line. Be sure tubing is tightly held so it does not move.
You can then make as many identical parts as you need.

 

I like the hose clamp idea! That's the trick I needed. Thanks.

 

buy a cheap miter box or make one, 3 boards in a u shape just make sure the first cut thru the boards are true. clamp to bench and put a stop at the other end.

 

Talk to your plumber. They have a neat machine that turns the pipe and cuts it. Portable so it can come to you.

 

A pipe cutter will cut that easily.

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Watch C/L for a used one. I've bought them at auction for under $20.

 

No trick to it. Just measure, mark, and use the pipe cutter. You'll have better results with the cutter than an angle grinder.

 

Even better...I do have a large pipe cutter. Ijust did not know it would cut through an 1/8" wall pipe.

 

buddy with lathe if you got one. pipe cutter will work. slowly.

 

Take into account the blade width if you use a saw blade of some sort. Lasers work great

 

birkstrand cutter a powered pipe cutter
can cut tons of stuff really fast mein goes to 8 in
now called Rabbit tool

 

Oh, it will. I just cut four thick walled pipes with this old thing & it worked fantastic. And I don't even know where it came from. I wonder what one of these goes for in the professional plumbing world?

 

Just have your supplier do the cutting!

 

Where I work, we sell tubing and solid bar steel and I'm "the saw guy". they get a $ 10 cut charge.

Blue

 

I've cut a bunch of .120 DOM roll cage tubing with one. They do leave a bit of a burr on the inside of the tubing. I've got a tapered reamer chucked in an old brace for taking the burrs off.

 

Measure twice cut once it really is that simple....if not get out yer grinder...

 

grinder and some blue tape usually, but i'll remember the buddy with a lathe trick for next time. buddy 'ol pal

 

A friend in Texas taught me that one 35 years ago and I still use it. An old ring compressor works great too, especially when hacksawing a drive shaft to length.

For use with a hacksaw you can usually find a miter box for cutting wood with a backsaw at thrift stores or yard sales for a buck or so an could clamp the tube in the box and use the guide with a hack saw. Fasten the miter box to a board and put a stop the exact distance you need the tube to be from the guide slot and you can get matching tubes.