Great simple tip on the hose clamp! Hilarious comments on here from plumbers who somehow think this type of video is for actual pros cutting pipes all day.
Excellent tips. I used the newspaper trick, and TWO hose clamps to sandwich a re ciprocal /sawzall, which worked better for my space constrained use case. Thank You!
You just made my life so much easier! (To Myron McKinney's point, I did use my old 24" Disston whose teeth are no longer sharpened or set.) And then, after failing to get a square cut all afternoon with a hacksaw, Voila! I'm cutting 2 inch PVC without a chop saw or mitre saw, and I'm getting beautiful, square cuts that require very little dressing. When I'm all done with this project, my trusty Disston will get a well deserved sharpening. It's only been 44 years since I had it done.
For smaller diameter tubing such as this a metal pipe/tube cutter (the one with the screw down cutting wheel and two rollers to support the pipe) works very well. But I agree - excellent methods shown, very well explained and nicely presented!
Nice idea about using the hose clamp. Well what I do is I just use the newspaper like you did but then I tape it to the pipe and use that as my guide. Works pretty well. Don't forget the cut doesn't have to be too accurate so if your cut is out by a few mm, don't worry, just grab a flat file and file off the remainder until you get down to the newspaper edge. Remove the paper, and the edge should be straight. Last step then is to taper 45 degrees for easy insertion into fittings 👍
Many thanks for the video. Great simple solution. I've wasted so much pipe repairing my irrigation and pool systems but now I'm all set. Thanks again. Stay Safe! Martin
Or, if you have 2 hose clamps, you can saw between them, just leave sawblade width between them, this will help prevent the blade from going off track.
best idea ever! Did a cut today just like this but with a sawzall, came out beautifully! Its always been a challenge for me to mark an exact straight line but this solves the problem............................. :)
Paper ! Brilliant ! It took me nights to make my brain work how to cut aluminium pipe straight. However I draw by hand it's not straight . Paper fixed ! Thank you so much for the great technic.
I just did this today. My miter saw massacred it because I couldn't hold the pipe square and level (I don't have the saw mounted on a bench with wings). I tried the newspaper method alone but even using that as my guide I couldn't saw it straight. The hose clamp is the best idea; even then I couldn't saw it perfectly straight, but kept the hose clamp on and filed down the ABS level with the clamp. I never would have thought of the hose clamp method on my own!
I tried this with a insulation tape and wondered why it didn't work lol. Then watched your video and understood that I need a big sheet of something that doesn't stretch. Thank you.
Fantastic tip for cutting tubing. This really helped me out installing some extraction ducting in my kitchen. You can pass emery paper after the cut with the clamp still in place to remove saw marks also. Thank you 👍👍👍
As with the small blade miter saw all you have to do is turn the pipe a 1/3 turn make sure to lower your blade into cut space exactly lift and cut . I use the same principle on Lumber that is to wide for the saw . Cut , flip piece, lower into cut . Lift and cut . Perfect every time. Take care. T
@@GabesHacks You may want to add that your system with paper and hose clamp will also work very well if you cannot remove the pipe and put it on a bench. I have a pipe coming out of a wall and connected to other pipes and I need to cut it clean so as to insert a "T" fitting. It has to be done in place and no other way but yours can work.
The paper trick👍🏼 i usually measure and make 4 marks. Then use electrical tape to line up. If I don’t have marks to follow my cut is curved like slicing Kabasa.
@@GabesHacks I'm in the process of building speaker stands for my bookshelf speakers. I needed this info to cut my pvc pipes flush to incorporate into the design. Thanks once again. Cheers!
I've used cable tie around the pipe and a frat saw (with a fine blade). If you take the time with the fine toothed saw to first go around the pipe and make a shallow cut guided by the cable tie, you can get an almost perfectly straight cut. I did purchase a hose clamp just for this, but the damn thing didn't have enough tread to tighten onto the pipe, so I had to improvise with the cable tie. I do think it isn't any worse than the hose clamp.
Five stars for the wrapped paper around the pipe measurement idea and hose clamp guide idea. A deep cutting hacksaw might work better as teeth on the handsaw may become dull.
That's definitely something I've learned over time! Don't watch my older videos 😁 Fortunately TH-cam lets me cut out parts of a video without uploading it all over again, so I can cut out the rambling later if needed. I've done that a few times.
Nice tips. Thanks. Bout to cut some 8 inch pvc and looking for good ways to make sure it's straight. My only options are a jigsaw and sawzall. I usually do good with measuring dots all around then tape.
Thanks for the video! Now I need to figure out how to cut a vertical drain pipe straight as I need to lower my piping under my sink since I switched from overhang sing to an undermount. I probably need to drop my piping down 3 inches but do not have enough vertical pipe on the piping to bring it down so I need to cut into the drain pipe going down into the ground since I have about 15 inches of drain pipe to work with.
I was trying to use my miter saw to cut 4" pipe and ran into the 10" blade issue. I didn't even think that it would stay perfectly straight if I just continued the cut with a handsaw lol. Thanks!
Good day, I know this is unrelated but do you know how to calculate the right motor in cutting 4" PVC pipes with a circular blade? I want to build my own cutter. Thank you.
Here is another way to do this that is much more accurate, in my opinion, leaving not much room for a final non-perpendicular to-the-center-line finish cutting error on the face of the cuts. I had to insert a 3" PVC Sweep Wye in a main soil drain for a new sink discharge. To eliminate having to pay close attention to guiding the saw against a hose clamp with a thin edge, I used two closet flanges with straight-through 3" IDs that I split in half on the diameter of both, and used them on each side of the cut to be made, separated just wide enough apart to guide the saw blade. The saw blade can be used as the straight edge to line up the closet flange halves. A hose clamp is used to secure both halves of the closet flange around the pipe to be cut, rotating the diameter cuts of the closet flanges 90 degrees from each other. The wider lip of the closet flange guiding the saw makes it much easier to make the cut without having to pay such close attention to following the edge of the hose clamp while making the cut. The cuts on the nipples used in the Wye for the Fernco coupling were made on miter saw for perfect parallel faces on both ends of that assembly. There was enough fractional play in the length of the main 3" line to squeeze the Wye assembly insert so that the deburred mating parallel faces of all four cuts form an essentially negligible, as if non-existent joint on both ends of the main line finished assembly 3" ID.
Ah, it's so nice to watch someone do something well. I'm going to be cutting some pvc pipe, which I'm unfamiliar with doing. The last three videos I watched were horrible. I don't know why ass clowns make videos with educational sounding titles just to show you how to make a mess. This was an oasis of cleanliness in a shit desert.
Heres an easier way. Keep an off cut of pipe with a single vertical cut from end to end. Place the off cut over the pipe that you want to cut (like a sleeve) then draw around it onto the pipe beneath.
I don't see why not. the pipe used for central vacuums are PVC, but with a thinner wall than what's used for sewer. So you should find it even easier to cut.
The purpose of the clamp is to give you something to keep the saw against to make sure the cut is straight. Tape won't help you any more than drawing a line. You would have to watch your cut and make sure you're not cutting into the tape.
You're making it way too hard. Don't take the PVC out of the circular saw and turn it over. Spin the pipe while the blade is cutting the first time. It will give you a clean and perfect edge.
hellowaldoo I gave it some thought, but I haven't come up with any useful ideas, sorry. I was thinking a multi-tool, but I assume that if you're having trouble then you don't have access to all side of the pipe. Maybe a laser? :)
It is exceedingly rare to find such a lucid, clear and useful video
The use of the circular metal clip as a guide was invaluable, that sorted the mess I made, thank you for your video
Awesome, glad I could help
Great simple tip on the hose clamp! Hilarious comments on here from plumbers who somehow think this type of video is for actual pros cutting pipes all day.
Excellent tips. I used the newspaper trick, and TWO hose clamps to sandwich a re ciprocal /sawzall, which worked better for my space constrained use case. Thank You!
Can you not use newspaper since clamps do not angle?
Two clamps is the final solution. You nailed it bud!
Mr Gabe's hacks I've been cutting pipes crooked for years,,,,, and now thanks to your video I'm cutting it straight now,,,,,, thank you
y'all out here doing the lords work tbh
😄 I try
The trick with the paper is neat! Tried it today and worked great.. Thanks
You just made my life so much easier! (To Myron McKinney's point, I did use my old 24" Disston whose teeth are no longer sharpened or set.) And then, after failing to get a square cut all afternoon with a hacksaw, Voila! I'm cutting 2 inch PVC without a chop saw or mitre saw, and I'm getting beautiful, square cuts that require very little dressing.
When I'm all done with this project, my trusty Disston will get a well deserved sharpening. It's only been 44 years since I had it done.
I needed to cut 1.5 inch plastic pipe accurately and tried your method. Worked a treat, thanks for the help
I'm glad it helped!
For smaller diameter tubing such as this a metal pipe/tube cutter (the one with the screw down cutting wheel and two rollers to support the pipe) works very well. But I agree - excellent methods shown, very well explained and nicely presented!
That newspaper wrap trick is great. Just what I was looking for. Thanks !
That hose clamp bit was brilliant! Thanks!
Excellent video and technique! Thanks for not using background music!
The idea of using paper to draw the cutting path is just clever
I can't really take credit for coming up with that. I found that idea online too 🙂
But I'm glad this video helped you.
Great ideas. Great presentation. You saved me a lot of time and frustration!
That paper sheet trick is a lifesaver, thanks!
Nice idea about using the hose clamp. Well what I do is I just use the newspaper like you did but then I tape it to the pipe and use that as my guide. Works pretty well. Don't forget the cut doesn't have to be too accurate so if your cut is out by a few mm, don't worry, just grab a flat file and file off the remainder until you get down to the newspaper edge. Remove the paper, and the edge should be straight. Last step then is to taper 45 degrees for easy insertion into fittings 👍
Many thanks for the video. Great simple solution. I've wasted so much pipe repairing my irrigation and pool systems but now I'm all set. Thanks again. Stay Safe! Martin
Love the tip on using the hose clamp. Thanks.
Or, if you have 2 hose clamps, you can saw between them, just leave sawblade width between them, this will help prevent the blade from going off track.
That's a great idea too!
The hose clamp idea is great, wish I'd thought of it
Don't feel bad, I saw it somewhere else too 😄
best idea ever! Did a cut today just like this but with a sawzall, came out beautifully! Its always been a challenge for me to mark an exact straight line but this solves the problem............................. :)
Thks! Clear directions and not annoying like when I asked my dad
Paper ! Brilliant ! It took me nights to make my brain work how to cut aluminium pipe straight. However I draw by hand it's not straight . Paper fixed ! Thank you so much for the great technic.
It's still hard to saw straight even with the paper guide. I couldn't get it perfect with 4" ABS.
I just did this today. My miter saw massacred it because I couldn't hold the pipe square and level (I don't have the saw mounted on a bench with wings). I tried the newspaper method alone but even using that as my guide I couldn't saw it straight. The hose clamp is the best idea; even then I couldn't saw it perfectly straight, but kept the hose clamp on and filed down the ABS level with the clamp. I never would have thought of the hose clamp method on my own!
I just saw someone on youtube use a 110mm weather pipe collar. Fits over the pipe, you hold it and cut. From Screwfix. I am buying one tomorrow.
I tried this with a insulation tape and wondered why it didn't work lol.
Then watched your video and understood that I need a big sheet of something that doesn't stretch.
Thank you.
Fantastic tip for cutting tubing. This really helped me out installing some extraction ducting in my kitchen. You can pass emery paper after the cut with the clamp still in place to remove saw marks also. Thank you 👍👍👍
As with the small blade miter saw all you have to do is turn the pipe a 1/3 turn make sure to lower your blade into cut space exactly lift and cut . I use the same principle on Lumber that is to wide for the saw . Cut , flip piece, lower into cut . Lift and cut . Perfect every time.
Take care. T
That makes perfect sense!
Good ideas about the hose clamp. I have a PVC drain pipe in the wall that I need to cut straight.
Great, simple tip !
I’m going to use the paper/hose clamp & handsaw method right now !
Glad I could help!
@@GabesHacks You may want to add that your system with paper and hose clamp will also work very well if you cannot remove the pipe and put it on a bench. I have a pipe coming out of a wall and connected to other pipes and I need to cut it clean so as to insert a "T" fitting. It has to be done in place and no other way but yours can work.
Thanks for this. I'm building with bamboo, and you just solved a huge problem for me.
Oh my God, I am literally standing in front of my miter saw wondering if I need to go to the store to buy a special tool to cut the pipe. Thank you
Glad I can help!
Great video! I will be putting it to the test soon.
let us know how you get on pls.
great trick.. I'm going to try two hose clamps.. great ides .. I was going to get a clamping mitre but this is simpler
The paper trick👍🏼 i usually measure and make 4 marks. Then use electrical tape to line up. If I don’t have marks to follow my cut is curved like slicing Kabasa.
That is wonderful. I never thought this before. I will also apply this way for timber, alumin etc in the future. Thank you.
Great idea with the clamp, thanks for sharing
Thanks! Best video I've seen. Great tip.
Thank you! Glad I could help.
@@GabesHacks I'm in the process of building speaker stands for my bookshelf speakers. I needed this info to cut my pvc pipes flush to incorporate into the design. Thanks once again. Cheers!
@@henrychu4701 That sounds like a neat project! Hope it works out
A hose clamp....pure genius!!!!!
Good shout with the hose clamps! Worked well.
I've used cable tie around the pipe and a frat saw (with a fine blade). If you take the time with the fine toothed saw to first go around the pipe and make a shallow cut guided by the cable tie, you can get an almost perfectly straight cut.
I did purchase a hose clamp just for this, but the damn thing didn't have enough tread to tighten onto the pipe, so I had to improvise with the cable tie. I do think it isn't any worse than the hose clamp.
Awesome! That's another way to do it. Glad it worked out.
Five stars for the wrapped paper around the pipe measurement idea and hose clamp guide idea. A deep cutting hacksaw might work better as teeth on the handsaw may become dull.
Hackzall with multi material blades works great. Takes a little practice but much faster and you can cut really straight and clean
Hey, if you can do it. I was using this for a non-plumbing project where the edge was going to be exposed, so I wanted it perfect.
Used this with a junior hack saw on 125mm (5") diameter pipe, clean as a whistle.
Awesome! Glad this could help
Nice technique with the hand saw. I used a hacksaw on a smaller pvc pipe and got a perfectly square section. Thanks.
Nice video! THANK YOU FOIR GETTING TO THE POINT. So many videos feature 5 minutes of useless talking before getting to the point.
That's definitely something I've learned over time! Don't watch my older videos 😁 Fortunately TH-cam lets me cut out parts of a video without uploading it all over again, so I can cut out the rambling later if needed. I've done that a few times.
Nice tips. Thanks. Bout to cut some 8 inch pvc and looking for good ways to make sure it's straight. My only options are a jigsaw and sawzall. I usually do good with measuring dots all around then tape.
Wow - really cool idea. Thanks for sharikng this gem.
Damn...I had been screwing this up for years with a miter saw. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the video! Now I need to figure out how to cut a vertical drain pipe straight as I need to lower my piping under my sink since I switched from overhang sing to an undermount. I probably need to drop my piping down 3 inches but do not have enough vertical pipe on the piping to bring it down so I need to cut into the drain pipe going down into the ground since I have about 15 inches of drain pipe to work with.
very relaxing to hear you talk! :)
You just solved one of my problems. Thanks!
Great paper trick! Thanks!!
You're welcome!
fucking genius with the paper and hoseclamp idea
This really helped me out thanks!
I was trying to use my miter saw to cut 4" pipe and ran into the 10" blade issue. I didn't even think that it would stay perfectly straight if I just continued the cut with a handsaw lol. Thanks!
Hey, Gabe. This is Gabe. Nice hack!
Excellent video, so simple! Thank you! ;)
Sweet hack! Would a hacksaw work better for pipe or is a general saw with bigger teeth preferred?
It doesn't really matter I don't think. Use whatever you have. If you have both, then you can try both and see which works better.
Good day, I know this is unrelated but do you know how to calculate the right motor in cutting 4" PVC pipes with a circular blade?
I want to build my own cutter.
Thank you.
Are you talking about the power of the motor needed? I couldn't help you there, sorry.
@@GabesHacks yes. It's fine thanks for the response
Don’t need to reinvent the wheel. They make miter saws that cut pvc just fine
I used painter tape ($3) around the tube and follow the perfect guide line.
thanks i have need to know to how to cut or how to use handsaw correctly.
Glad I could help!
Living on SS requires you to do things you had never thought about. Well done, informative tutorial. Thank you
Thank you for the nice technique.
Here is another way to do this that is much more accurate, in my opinion, leaving not much room for a final non-perpendicular to-the-center-line finish cutting error on the face of the cuts. I had to insert a 3" PVC Sweep Wye in a main soil drain for a new sink discharge. To eliminate having to pay close attention to guiding the saw against a hose clamp with a thin edge, I used two closet flanges with straight-through 3" IDs that I split in half on the diameter of both, and used them on each side of the cut to be made, separated just wide enough apart to guide the saw blade. The saw blade can be used as the straight edge to line up the closet flange halves. A hose clamp is used to secure both halves of the closet flange around the pipe to be cut, rotating the diameter cuts of the closet flanges 90 degrees from each other. The wider lip of the closet flange guiding the saw makes it much easier to make the cut without having to pay such close attention to following the edge of the hose clamp while making the cut. The cuts on the nipples used in the Wye for the Fernco coupling were made on miter saw for perfect parallel faces on both ends of that assembly. There was enough fractional play in the length of the main 3" line to squeeze the Wye assembly insert so that the deburred mating parallel faces of all four cuts form an essentially negligible, as if non-existent joint on both ends of the main line finished assembly 3" ID.
Informative video this is 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I’ve got a bit of 6.26 “ pipe what size end cap will fit it ? Cheers
Great video, many thanks!
finishing touch is pointing out about the screw, thank you!!!!
Ah, it's so nice to watch someone do something well. I'm going to be cutting some pvc pipe, which I'm unfamiliar with doing. The last three videos I watched were horrible. I don't know why ass clowns make videos with educational sounding titles just to show you how to make a mess. This was an oasis of cleanliness in a shit desert.
Four months later, this is still the highest praise I've gotten on any video. I share this with friends for a good laugh :)
Thank you for your uncomplicated tip x
Nice tip, thanks
Thanks. Happy weekend
Very nice video !
Heres an easier way. Keep an off cut of pipe with a single vertical cut from end to end. Place the off cut over the pipe that you want to cut (like a sleeve) then draw around it onto the pipe beneath.
Sure, as long as your off-cut piece is a straight cut.
thanks for the clear cut instruction!
..... pardon the pun ?
Thanks for the tips, a hacksaw works good too.
Your amazing! Good detailed explanation! Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad I can help!
Awesome! im gonna try this myself!
Great tips! Thanks!
Can u use this methid for cutting centrwl vacuum pipe? Will it be a cleqn cut?
I don't see why not. the pipe used for central vacuums are PVC, but with a thinner wall than what's used for sewer. So you should find it even easier to cut.
I think of using two hose clamps, with just enough space for the saw in between.
Yeah, that would absolutely work too
What do you do for a 45 degree cut since this is used a lot for tool storage?
That's a lot trickier. I haven't tried that. You can start the cut with a mitre saw and finish it with a hand saw, but it won't be perfect.
45* cuts aren’t used for pipe fit up so this method wouldn’t work. If you want a 45, take it over to the miter saw and cut it
Then it doesn’t have to be exact
Great idea!
Pretty smart!
I like to think so 😁
Great video, thank you
How can I cut notches into the PVC pipe ends?
Helpfull to me thanks
Glad I can help!
Excellent video Gabe.
Can I apply tape instead of clamp when using a handsaw?
The purpose of the clamp is to give you something to keep the saw against to make sure the cut is straight. Tape won't help you any more than drawing a line. You would have to watch your cut and make sure you're not cutting into the tape.
@@GabesHacks aha, got it, thanks
The paper part, 👌
Great video
Nice manual cut
You're making it way too hard. Don't take the PVC out of the circular saw and turn it over. Spin the pipe while the blade is cutting the first time. It will give you a clean and perfect edge.
thanks for this video, nice idea...
awesome idea of paper mark.
What about under a tight crawl space???? I am trying to figure this one out right now lol
hellowaldoo I gave it some thought, but I haven't come up with any useful ideas, sorry. I was thinking a multi-tool, but I assume that if you're having trouble then you don't have access to all side of the pipe.
Maybe a laser? :)
@@GabesHacks Other videos show using nylon cord to cut PVC in tight places...check it out...
Very nice idea
Thank you so much for your sharing!!!!!
Glad I can help!
awesome. Thanks!
Can somebody just invent a pvc tube cutter like we use for copper tubing?
There’s no market when most people know that a miter saw works just fine. Can’t cut copper on a miter saw, hence the market for a copper tube cutter
How many inch pipe please
I was using a 3" pipe, but you use whatever size you need.