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Just realized those cheap plastic pipe cutters are actually worth it
I always thought you needed a big metal tubing cutter for any plumbing job, especially with our hard water in Amarillo. Tried a $15 plastic one from the hardware store on a whim when I was fixing a sink line last month. It made a cleaner cut on the PVC than my old hacksaw ever did, and way faster. Anyone else switch to these for small jobs or am I just getting lucky?
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craig.alex5mo ago
Yeah, the clean cut is the real benefit. Does that plastic one hold up on the thicker schedule 80 pipe, or is it just for the thin wall stuff?
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moore.beth5mo ago
Totally agree with you on the clean cut, @craig.alex. That plastic cutter is a beast on the thin wall stuff but it starts to struggle on schedule 80. The blade can walk on you and you end up with a jagged edge. For anything thicker I always go back to the trusty old hacksaw and a sharp blade, takes more elbow grease but you get a perfect line every time.
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calebc404mo ago
Man that's rough, I feel you on that one. The plastic cutters just don't have the guts for schedule 80, it's like they give up halfway through.
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