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Post by dickpuller on Apr 20, 2018 21:58:51 GMT
I’m frustrated & embarrassed by this; I’m fucking sick of shite Junior Hacksaws!! I just can’t use them anymore or are they just shit? I like one with a handle & lost the one I had for years. Now I’ve bought about three over the last two weeks & I’m cutting pipe all wrong. Is it the blades? Is it the frame.......dunno? Anyone tried this one or what do you guys use? Hilka 43907006 6-Inch Pro Craft Heavy Duty Aluminium Junior Hacksaw www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KESRG9G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QbM2AbSWT6H6H |
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Post by tomplum on Apr 20, 2018 22:03:08 GMT
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Post by dickpuller on Apr 21, 2018 6:54:22 GMT
I bought this one & it was like the one I lost, fucking useless, the plastic frame is too soft & the blade just twists😡😡 I may just get one of these standard ones Tom. I feel such a twat, unable to cut a piece of 40mm waste pipe straight FFS!! |
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Post by tomplum on Apr 21, 2018 8:07:35 GMT
I too find pushfit waste pipe hard to cut straight, solvend weld is easyier, but for some reason a junior goes everywhere, Its much easier with the big saw, don't beat yourself up over it Dick, Its the same for everyone,  |
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Post by crowsfoot on Apr 21, 2018 8:37:53 GMT
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Apr 21, 2018 9:27:48 GMT
I too find pushfit waste pipe hard to cut straight, solvend weld is easyier, but for some reason a junior goes everywhere, Its much easier with the big saw, don't beat yourself up over it Dick, Its the same for everyone, I bought the rothenberger plasticut set 32,40 & 50mm I got it from screwfix. £36.99, at checkout it was £24.99 so a bargain as individually they’re £15 odd each One turn in the pipe & it’s cut, perfectly, Very pleased with it I’ll buy the 20mm one next for overflow although that’s easy to cut with plastic snips. |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Apr 21, 2018 9:29:13 GMT
I tried to cut the copper tap tails yesterday with a junior, wasn’t happening so just bent & snapped them off
I’ve never found a junior that cuts straight
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Post by glowbug on Apr 21, 2018 9:52:36 GMT
I’m frustrated & embarrassed by this; I’m fucking sick of shite Junior Hacksaws!! I just can’t use them anymore or are they just shit? I like one with a handle & lost the one I had for years. Now I’ve bought about three over the last two weeks & I’m cutting pipe all wrong. Is it the blades? Is it the frame.......dunno? Anyone tried this one or what do you guys use? Hilka 43907006 6-Inch Pro Craft Heavy Duty Aluminium Junior Hacksaw www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KESRG9G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QbM2AbSWT6H6HVery funny dp, its almost like a confession post😭😭, I just always thought throughout my life I was a poor unstraight cutter myself,good to know it wasnt me all the this time but bad junior hacksaws! Maybe Tom should set up plumbers confessions👍 |
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Post by ian on Apr 21, 2018 10:32:58 GMT
I bought the rothenberger plasticut set 32,40 & 50mm I got it from screwfix. £36.99, at checkout it was £24.99 so a bargain as individually they’re £15 odd each One turn in the pipe & it’s cut, perfectly, Very pleased with it I’ll buy the 20mm one next for overflow although that’s easy to cut with plastic snips. Plasticut cutters are excellent but the price is scandalous for a bit of plastic and a blade. The time saved and ease of cutting makes them worth it though. They must still be under patent because I haven't been able to find a cheap copy version. Top tip - if you buy the 1 1/2" one you can also cut 1 1/4" if you squeeze it hard. |
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Post by tomplum on Apr 21, 2018 12:02:03 GMT
plumbers confessional box bloody good Idea glowworm  |
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Post by woodbine66 on Apr 21, 2018 14:40:00 GMT
I was told by a lecturer at the plumbing university I attended many moons ago that the best thing to cut plastic pipe is a blunt wood saw. Cut straight as a die, cuts all sizes of pipe (especially good on soil) - and best of all for a tight fooker like me, they're usually free. Those whose profession it is to turn big bits of timber into smaller bits of timber usually hoy their old saws in the skip. Have to get their before the pikeys though.  |
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Post by battle1066 on Apr 21, 2018 16:16:14 GMT
Don't tell anyone but I have a collection of Jubille clips I sometimes put around the pipe to guarantee a clean straight cut if I'm having an off day.
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Post by tomplum on Apr 21, 2018 17:26:23 GMT
I was told by a lecturer at the plumbing university I attended many moons ago that the best thing to cut plastic pipe is a blunt wood saw. Cut straight as a die, cuts all sizes of pipe (especially good on soil) - and best of all for a tight fooker like me, they're usually free. Those whose profession it is to turn big bits of timber into smaller bits of timber usually hoy their old saws in the skip. Have to get their before the pikeys though. back in the day when plumbers used to notch joists on building sites, I had a bow saw and most joiners had bow saws too, I used to watch for the joiner changing a blade, because their blunt blades was always far sharper than a plumbers blade, happy days, Then along came the cordless circular and every joiner stopped buying bow saw blades, |
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Post by woodbine66 on Apr 21, 2018 18:00:42 GMT
I was told by a lecturer at the plumbing university I attended many moons ago that the best thing to cut plastic pipe is a blunt wood saw. Cut straight as a die, cuts all sizes of pipe (especially good on soil) - and best of all for a tight fooker like me, they're usually free. Those whose profession it is to turn big bits of timber into smaller bits of timber usually hoy their old saws in the skip. Have to get their before the pikeys though. back in the day when plumbers used to notch joists on building sites, I had a bow saw and most joiners had bow saws too, I used to watch for the joiner changing a blade, because their blunt blades was always far sharper than a plumbers blade, happy days, Then along came the cordless circular and every joiner stopped buying bow saw blades, Aye Tom, and the kids drone on about recycling these days as if they invented it. 
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Post by woodbine66 on Apr 21, 2018 18:07:17 GMT
Don't tell anyone but I have a collection of Jubille clips I sometimes put around the pipe to guarantee a clean straight cut if I'm having an off day.
I get like that sometimes if I've had a night on the cider. smiley-eatdrink009drinking Just tell myself that no one will see my bad cut when it's pushed inside a fitting.
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