pipe cutters

[Stephen]

Hello,

The rollers in my pipe cutters have rusted and seized, I will try to unscrew it and lubricate it to bring it back to life, but I wondered about buying a new one. Are there any that are stainless steel and don't rust?

I see some have a "flap" like this:

whereas some do not, like this:

Is the "flap" useful? Or does it make absolutely no difference?

Has anyone tried this ratchet cutter:

It sounds useful in theory but how is it in practice?

Thanks, Stephen.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

The sort of steel that takes the best edge and retains it isn't stainless.

Whatever you get to replace it, keep somewhere dry.

[Capitol]

Personally if it isn't Monument I don't buy it. I've had one of these for >40 years and it still works perfectly. I even use it for stripping SWA cable and plastic conduit.

I have the 15mm Monument ring cutter, which is useful in tight spaces, but it's not as good as the one above. I also have the open jaw type cutter, this avoids the pipe distorting which can occur with the ring cutters, but it can creep along the pipe on occasions.

[John Rumm]

Yup, annoying when you are twiddling it in an awkward position, thinking this pipe is taking ages to cut, only to find you are scribing a spiral grove along its outside!

[Chris French]

I've got one of the one like the one in the OP's first link - it didn't have much use but now doesn't work properly. Can't say I found the flap seems to make much difference.

d=don't think I've had the pipe distorting, but ring cutters can creep along the pipe as well sometimes.

I do have an adjustable cutter like the one you link to, but I prefer the ring cutters. I have some of the metal Rothenberger pipeslice ones and they have been fine.

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[Stephen]

Re posting as it seems the original never made it.

Hello,

The rollers in my pipe cutters have rusted and seized, I will try to unscrew it and lubricate it to bring it back to life, but I wondered about buying a new one. Are there any that are stainless steel and don't rust?

I see some have a "flap" like this:

whereas some do not, like this:

Is the "flap" useful? Or does it make absolutely no difference?

Has anyone tried this ratchet cutter:

It sounds useful in theory but how is it in practice?

Thanks, Stephen.

[Harry Bloomfield]

Stephen explained on 08/07/2015 :

Both links are to the same item.

The red with a yellow flap type, make it particularly easy to cut a pipe with one hand and in a tight corner, plus the pressure increase automatically. If the other type was like a G clamp, they need more space to turn, really two handed and manually need to be tightened as the cut progresses.

[Chris French]

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