Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Lewis Bergman
I think my electrician friends uses this. https://www.cpomilwaukee.com/band-saws?cgid=milwaukee-band-saws&ref=googaw&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmZDxBRDIARIsABnkbYQK2QQG6-ER3LwTSiD6dgS5Mo9k2fe-3EBcnOIKIEHIMBSn-qhqWlgaAprGEALw_wcB On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 7:42 PM Bill Prince wrote: > Push comes to shove and I can

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Bill Prince
Push comes to shove and I can get a pretty smooth cut with my portable band saw. That is the quickest. Edge is a little ragged, but is easily cleaned up. The pipe cutting tool still does a better cut. bp On 1/19/2020 4:28 PM, Adam Moffett wrot

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Adam Moffett
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 t

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Chuck McCown
Thanks. I guess I am going to find out how this works. Should have done some today rather than wasting time watching the first game... I really hope GB does not win the second game. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > wrote: > >  > I have

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I haven't seen the way I do this yet... I use a conduit cutter available from home depot and others. It looks like the tool you use for copper tubing but is designed for EMT. See https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-Conduit-Cutter-Scorer/50199705. as an example.I'd go to home depot/lowes and

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread chuck
; Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Simple 90 degree stubs come out fine using the marks and dimensions on the bender. More complicated bends like saddles and S bends and non 90 degree angles probably take more skill. Or that little jog to get conduit that is flush to a wall up a fraction

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
and use a fitting. From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 11:36 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt I can do much of it with romex in the wall. But half my garage (the lower half) is solid concrete, so e

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Bill Prince
I use a pipe cutter like this. It makes a straight cut and has a fold-out de-burring thingy. https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-1-4-in-to-2-5-8-in-Model-152-Quick-Acting-Tubing-Cutter-31642/202826758?MERCH=REC-_-pipsem-_-11470-_-202826758-_-N bp On 1/19/2020

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread chuck
, just guessing at it. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:28 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt The other approach would be to get the whole setup for cutting and threading rigid or IMC and use that instead of EMT. You ca

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
, 2020 11:17 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt I really like owning tools... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:13 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Hack saw

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread chuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hGBHy8Heg From: Roland Houin Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:48 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Pipe cutter to cut, unibit works well to deburr. roland From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Se

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread chuck
I really like owning tools... From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 10:13 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Hack saw. Maybe get a cheap miter box to help you cut straight, or find a way to hold the conduit better while you c

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
ubject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Pipe cutter to cut, unibit works well to deburr. roland From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> > On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 11:46 AM To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/19/20 8:46 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. Sawzall or porta-band.

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread chuck
I will give that a try. I would think a unibit would snag? From: Roland Houin Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:48 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt Pipe cutter to cut, unibit works well to deburr. roland From: AF On Be

Re: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt

2020-01-19 Thread Roland Houin
Pipe cutter to cut, unibit works well to deburr. roland From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2020 11:46 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT cutting emt I haven’t run a ton of emt in my life but some. I have a new garage to wire. What is the best