Cut 12" dia. Metal Culvert pipe ?
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cityfarma
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Handheld angle grinder?
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RonMar
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What is it made out of? If it is corrigated sheet steel or aluminum, I would reccomend a sawsall and a metal blade. You can drill a couple holes in a row with a drill and connect those together with a chisel to make a slot to insert the sawsall blade initially. You can also start out the slot with a angle grinder or a die grinder with a cutoff wheel to get the slot to insert the sawsall blade...
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G McCall said:How do you cut a 12" metal culvert pipe ?
I need shorter lengths of metal culvert pipe than I can buy.
At the GC i work for we cut these all day.. either O/A torch.. or a sawsall with a metal cutting blade.
Either cuts like butter..
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All good sugestions above.
Sounds Crazy, When I was building a 2 story metal building for barracks in Saudi Arabia I cut 20 window openings with a wood blade turned around backwards in a skill saw. Its not to hard to cut pipe culvert.
If it is Galvinized and you use a O/A "SMOKE WRENCH" Don't breathe the fumes.
Wear a face shield and hearing protection and Go For IT.
Sounds Crazy, When I was building a 2 story metal building for barracks in Saudi Arabia I cut 20 window openings with a wood blade turned around backwards in a skill saw. Its not to hard to cut pipe culvert.
If it is Galvinized and you use a O/A "SMOKE WRENCH" Don't breathe the fumes.
Wear a face shield and hearing protection and Go For IT.
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Yep.. and you can change blades faster than going and getting more o/a when your bottles run dry.. ( cheaper per cut too! )
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What about using a plasma cutter?.
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bones1 said:
Well if you happen to have a plasma cutter, by all means use it(same safety precautions apply for galve pipe), but since the question was asked in the first place, I am guessing the OP dosn't have one available