Anyone use a chopsaw to cut collectors? will it work and come out decent on sch40 piping?

 

yes it will! just use a debur to remove the excess kerf on the inside of the pipe!

 

does anyone have any pictures of one cut with a chop saw to see what im gonna have to deal with? thanks

 

It can be done, that is all I had. You have to go slow, the blade will flex causing uneven cuts. I cut it close enough, then used a belt sander to make them even.

 

I bought a Milwaukee chop saw a few years ago and tried it for 18g and 16g tubing and it wasn't as clean as I hoped. But with the pipe you are using it may be better. BTW, I want to sell it to make space. If you are interested please email me at the address below.

 

we use a band saw

 

Bewo saw and nothing but!

Chop saw will work, there messy and if you want say a 90Deg cut you will be +/- 5deg

 

I used a chop saw for making downpipes and intercooler piping. It requires a decent amount of time with needle files and with a beltsander in order to get all the kerf off the piece of tubing. Also, my cuts weren't 100% accurate if they were something other than a straight 90deg cut.

Back in my welding class we used a horizontal bandsaw to cut tubing and it would get perfect clean cuts everytime (basically no cleanup at all)

 

Oh man, trying to make nice collectors, with repeatable results on a chop saw would be brain damage!

 

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ditto

but will probably be going to a cold saw

 

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ditto

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I also have a cold cut saw at work and I don't have much luck cutting much except 90 degree cuts on straight tubing. Ours comes down with such force that the blade almost always flexes when it hits something angled. I tried for many hours to no avail. It would have been soooooo nice to use it as I could have cut an entire collector in about 30 seconds!

 

I use our cold saw for stuff like that all the time.


Sharp blade, and a proper chip load are what's important with that.