Jim, most pipe cutters have a reamer/deburrer attached to them so the lip can be rendered harmless.
Uh, Bill. If you leave the popcorn up there and do any finishing whatsoever in your shop, you -will- get popcorn droppings in it. Murphy backs that thought 100%.
-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus
I believe you and, since you showed me just how easy it can be, I can't rule it out. I am just, unfortunately, unable to add it to this year's schedule. : (
Now, if you lived closer, I'll be we could zip through some of these tasks like they was nothin'!
Have you tried one on EMT? Looks like it might be just the ticket.
I'll act in a safe manner and be safe! I treat all guns as loaded. I'm not least bit afraid of guns. For my $3000, I'd rather have a Delta Unisaw than a SawStop. I quit tobacco.
Bill
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I hear ya'
LOL
It would be nice to know how somebody makes out getting something like that tested. The costs, hassle and how deep the involvement gets. I don't see an issue outside of the workplace...inside? maybe wow! I have heard a few doooozies in my life time.
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I just manufactured some wooden tubes to cover the upper part of my bricked pillars on my deck and wanted them fairly tight to avoid too much trim gap at the ends. You 47-1/2" and trim the 48" strips down to 47-3/8". Glue and the wife primed them all before we went to the beach for the day.
Got home and tried one out on pillar #1 (marked inside tube). Damn thing was
1/2" too long...I swear! Remeasured...all the same!I am sure the wife stretched the damn thing with that paint roller of hers! Women! Who can trust 'em?
--Eric
Read the comments on the youtube video. Sounds like nobody else can get it to come off like that.
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Bill, it'll take you half a day at best, and I guarantee that if you
-don't- do it before you hang those lights, it will never get done. BTDT, got the t-shirt.
I'd say "Send a plane ticket" but I don't feel like getting goosed right now.
-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus
Yeah, I've used any old pipe cutter, including the minis (my fave) on emt and it cuts fine.
-- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -- Albert Camus
I wasn't worried about it cutting, I wondered how well it's reamer/deburrer worked. Is that all I would need before running wire through it? No files?
If I was going to remove stipple, it would be in the rest of the house. If I was going to remove it from the garage, I would replace the aging drywall on the ceiling there too. Who knows.. maybe in a few years. No need, for now. I appreciate all the ideas I got on the topic this week. Not only will they help me, they will also help me be safe!
Bill
Warning: Once you disturb popcorn, it starts flaking worse. Being matte and bumpy, it also sucks light rather than reflecting it.
G'luck!
-- Worry is a misuse of imagination. -- Dan Zadra
They work well enough. Since the emt goes into connectors which protect the ends, all you have to do is debur it so it doesn't chafe the wiring, and the deburrer works well enough for that, yes.
-- Worry is a misuse of imagination. -- Dan Zadra
That is allowable when cutting ridged conduit for electrical use. EMT is best cut with a hacksaw, then lightly reamed to remove cutting burrs. Using a reamer does not make a finish that does not cut wires. Try it, don't just read about it, jackleg.
I bought the pipe cutting unit linked to above yesterday. Hmmm 26.99 to cut 40 spacers--maybe I should take it back. I'll see how long it takes me to cut the EMT with a hack saw first! : )
By the way, what is a good choice of caulk that would make a good choice for the used already described? It's occured to me that it shouldn't be heat sensitive (produce dangerous fumes when warmed) or be flammable.
Larry, I had nightmares about the stipple getting in my finishing last night!! : )
Bill
"Bill" wrote I bought the pipe cutting unit linked to above yesterday. Hmmm 26.99 to cut 40 spacers--maybe I should take it back. I'll see how long it takes me to cut the EMT with a hack saw first! : )
By the way, what is a good choice of caulk that would make a good choice for the used already described? It's occured to me that it shouldn't be heat sensitive (produce dangerous fumes when warmed) or be flammable.
Larry, I had nightmares about the stipple getting in my finishing last night!! : )
If you are not going to run wires through the spacers (which you will not be doing) it is fine to cut it with a pipe cutter. The problem cutting EMT with a pipe cutter is that it crushes it as it cuts it, leaving a sharp edge, and when you ream it, it just gets sharper. If you run wires though it, there is a very good chance that some wires will get their insulations cut, and cause a short.
-- Jim in NC
"Morgans" wrote
I'd make an asbestos paste and smear it on.
Yes, I understood that from your last post to Larry. I appreciate your pointing it out. Hack saw and a round file, huh?
I'll mix the paste as-best-os-I-can...you will think I am Chef Boyardee! : )
"Bill" wrote
Yes, I understood that from your last post to Larry. I appreciate your pointing it out. Hack saw and a round file, huh?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, but a light ream on a hacksaw cut EMT works well, does not make a sharp edge, and is faster.
-- Jim in NC
Jim, Is this the sort of tool you would recommend for that?
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