Cutting Pipes (in tight spaces)

[diy_darren]

What tools are best for cutting copper pipes in tight spaces? I have a small hacksaw and something similar to this, what would you recommend?

 

[ChrisR]

Padsaw, pipeslice, jigsaw.... depends...

 

[clf-gas]

one of these http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A335535&ts=25770&id=29457#

 

[croydoncorgi]

You can get a 'flexible file' (actually a steel wire with teeth on it and rings at the ends) which can be used when clearance is virtually non-existent.

Be careful you have a good plan for what happens AFTER the cut!!

 

[Dan Robinson]

You can get a 'flexible file' (actually a steel wire with teeth on it and rings at the ends) which can be used when clearance is virtually non-existent.

Be careful you have a good plan for what happens AFTER the cut!!

Do you know where to get one (or two)?

 

[TicklyT]

You can get a 'flexible file' (actually a steel wire with teeth on it and rings at the ends) which can be used when clearance is virtually non-existent.

Be careful you have a good plan for what happens AFTER the cut!!

Do you know where to get one (or two)?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NATO-COMMANDO...ryZ36077QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[ChrisR]

Black and Decker Scorpion. Looks like a cross between a jigsaw and a recip saw, but it has VERY fast strokes per second. More or less vibrates its way through things. Good where anything else would jerk the material around.

The wood cutting blade is a bit expensive but slices straight through aluminium flues.

 

[undercover]

Fein multimaster. Fantastic bit of kit. Saw it first being used to cut neat floorboards, then clean through copper pipe whic couldnt get at

Use it all the time

 

[Softus]

@ undercover - interesting. Which accessories do you find best for cutting tasks?

 

[ChrisR]

Yes used them too. You get a zillion blades in the box. You can do things like cutting architraves for wooden floors, plunge cuts - a magic thing.

 

[Softus]

Chris - when you say "the box", does this come with the basic product, or do you have buy the top-o-the-range Santa Claus Variety pack, or what?

 

[ricicle]

or do you have buy the top-o-the-range Santa Claus Variety pack, or what?

 

[goofy gorilla]

What tools are best for cutting copper pipes in tight spaces? I have a small hacksaw and something similar to this, what would you recommend?

something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAXCLAW-RATCH...Z1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem........acts like a ratchet.....

 

[Softus]

That URL doesn't work for me - do you have an item number?

 

[goofy gorilla]

That URL doesn't work for me - do you have an item number?

s#item number 150151203239