Cross cutting PVC pipeS

[Bill Stock]

I want to cut some slots in about 20 1" PVC pipes. The slots will be about 1/4" deep and anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 inch apart. I'd like to cut all 20 pipes at once, so that they look pretty and I don't have to make a 1000 cuts.

Any ideas on how to secure these together? I was thinking I could hot glue them to some wood, but I doubt it would hold. I could also screw them down, since a couple of extra holes won't matter, but it's not my first choice.

Any low tech, low work ideas?

[annunaki]

Duct Tape

Duct Tape

[LCHIEN]

Duct Tape

makes sense to me

[sweensdv]

You didn't say how long the pipe pieces are so I don't know if this will work or not. I'd just make a V-channel jig and secure the pipe with clamps at both ends. Then, use a plunge router to cut the slots.

[crokett]

I would also use duct tape, but I would tape them to a piece of plywood so they stay flat.

[cgallery]

Duct tape and find someone with a radial arm saw.

[LCHIEN]

I would also use duct tape, but I would tape them to a piece of plywood so they stay flat.


Duct tape and find someone with a radial arm saw.

or just flip it over so the plywood is on top when using the Table saw.

[annunaki]

Gotta Ask

Ok, I give up. If you're not cornering the PVC Flute niche market, would you care to share what you are making?

[Garasaki]

crosscut sled and a stop - pretty simple.

Would be repetitive though, I suppose you could cut groups of pipes at the same time by making yoru stop bigger.

[pierhogunn2]

I can tell you what he's making, piles and piles of little white chips... keep an eye on your dust collection port. PVC has a tendancy to get a little "melty" when you cut it, and as it cools off ( in the rapidly moving air at the DC port on your blade guard) it tends to clump together and form a sort of hard PVC sponge... I have a chop saw with this sort of mass-air filter now

not fun

[Bill Stock]

Ok, I give up. If you're not cornering the PVC Flute niche market, would you care to share what you are making?

LOL,

Manifold for cleaning out a DIY sand filter fot the pond.

[Bill Stock]

crosscut sled and a stop - pretty simple.

Would be repetitive though, I suppose you could cut groups of pipes at the same time by making yoru stop bigger.

I was think this last night, even ordered the slides. I was going to use a couple of boards spaced apart to contain n pipes and a couple of cross pieces (on top of pipes) to put some pressure on the pipes. Still not sure how I will stop the pipes from spinning though. I guess that's where the Duct tape comes in.

[phi1l]

I guess my first try would be carpet tape & a clamp, duck tape as a fallback if the carpet tape doesn't hold.

[iceman61]

You could use what I use to cut vinyl siding, a homemade table & a circular saw with a blade made for cutting vinyl & plastic. Lowes has the blade for around $7. I tried using my 12 miter saw once & the vinyl stuck to the blade so bad I had to clean it ALOT.

Take 2 2x4's 8' long and lay them out flat side down. then nail a piece of plywood on top (16" wide x 8'long) Nail a couple of more 2x4's on top of these similar to a fence for a miter saw. Then lay a 16" square piece of plywood across the top 2x4's for the circular saw to ride across. Nail a small strip of 1x2 across the 16" square for a fence for the circular saw to ride against. The just do what everyone else suggested with duct taping the pipe to a piece of plywood to slide through the built table & all of your cuts will be uniform. The width of this table can be made wider than 16" to accomidate more pipes taped together in needed. Adjust the depth of your cut as needed.

I can probably drop by the job site tomorrow & take of picture of my homemade siding cut table if you need me to.