I've been using a cutoff wheel on a cordless angle grinder. I get much
smoother cuts than I used to with a sawsall. If I need more perfect
straightness than freehand gets me, then I'll wrap a strip of paper
around the pipe and run a wide marker around the edge of the paper. If
you lined up the edges of the paper then you'll get a straight guideline
to follow. It's still freehand, but if I drift off target I can adjust.
I've seen builders set up a cut station with a big chop saw. I'm not
sure what kind of blade they used, but they threw a lot of sparks.
On 1/19/2020 11:46 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
I haven’t run a ton of emt in my life but some.
I have a new garage to wire.
What is the best way to cut and deburr emt?
Normally I use a sawsall with a hack saw blade in it.
Never notice what really proficient electricians use.
My method leaves me with an angled cut with plenty of rough edges.
I am sure there are deburring tools dedicated to emt.
I am considering using a tubing cutter but I don’t want the end swaged
down to a smaller size that might catch and skin the wire a bit.
I guess some kind of tapered reamer could then smooth it out.
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