How to cut
4 Inch Pvc Pipe
EASY WAY to Get a Clean Cut on 4 INCH PVC
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he's a way to get a clean cut on four
inch PVC is really something you need to
work on not just four inch PVC three
inch and 2 inch also but four inch might
be one of the most difficult because of
the tools and going all the way through
the pot there's really only a couple of
tricks remember that when you pull back
is actually when it's cutting when you
slide forward it's actually sliding and
you can tell by the angle of the teeth
the teeth are actually angled to where
it grabs when it's coming back so what
your main concern is you want to make
sure that you are holding this saw
straight up and down when you're cutting
the main thing you want to remember is
holding the saw straight up and down
perpendicular to the pot is your most
critical thing here and why is it
important to cut straight that's going
to help make sure that you get a good
connection on your PVC glue joint and
it's just one of the things that's going
to help that but it's very critical the
inside of the fitting is square and you
want to make sure you cut your pipe the
same way that way it has that full face
to contact with when you make that glue
joint so what you're going to do first
is actually get your tape measure out
and measure to where you want to cut and
what I do is either where I want to cut
I'll either make the mark right there
and know to cut dead center or I may
make the cut a hair to the right knowing
that whenever I cut that that's gonna
leave me right where I want to be so
what I'll do is get my marker get my
marker and know right where I want to
cut so what I will do is make the mark
right where I want it and then make a
little line off to the side and that
lets me know that that is the piece of
pipe that stained when it's time to cut
when I line up I'm gonna get right on my
mark and I know that this is the side
going away but we've always got to think
about safety first so anytime you're
cutting PVC you want to make sure you
got your safety glasses on and we've got
down a mat that way any shavings don't
get in the carpet
if you're working in a work area you
want to make sure you keep your area
clean
PVC shavings can get very slippery so we
put this mat down that way it catches it
and doesn't let it get in the carpet
when it's time to cut line everything up
and look right straight down the side of
your blade you want to make sure like I
said that when we cut this what we're
doing where our mark is we're going to
cut that mark so we know that on this
side is right where I want that flush
edge to be so once you get where you
want pull back and start out really slow
there's no point and getting into a rush
in the beginning now I've got a little
groove right there right where I want to
cut so literally I want to keep looking
at the blade I'm not worried about the
pipe because I've got the pipe right
where I want it and it's secured in the
pen device so it doesn't move once I've
got it now I want to hold this side and
just make sure that I'm going through
them doing what I'm supposed to now you
can feel on the way back is when its
grip on the way forward it's really
sliding so on the way forward I mean
even if I push down it doesn't slow down
but when I pull back that's when it
grips that's when the teeth are biting
into the pipe making a cut
now as you can see we have a nice
straight cut and that's what we're
looking for now the good thing is as
long as I cut this one nice and straight
this next piece it's already got a nice
straight edge there for the next piece
that way it can be square on both ends
now there's a couple of things I like
doing after I make the cut number one
take a file and take that sharp corner
off if you look on the inside of a PVC
fitting it's beveled so it doesn't just
go straight flat where this glue joint
makes up it's actually beveled so what I
like to do is file down the end of this
and kind of put that same bevel on the
PVC pipe and it doesn't take much you're
not following that's hung off of it now
one other thing you can do is either
take your half round file and do the
same thing on the inside or one thing I
do is take a reamer and that's right
there when you feel it you can tell both
sides feel really good and it's nice and
straight now I used a straight saw for
PVC I love these hand saws they weren't
great but you can also use a sawzall
using a sawzall will do the same thing
one thing I tell people try not to cut
it super fast I understand that watching
that blade and going straight down is
something you want to do no matter what
kind of saw you have one thing I really
don't like to cut PVC with is a hacksaw
that little thin blade is really hard to
try to control I'm not saying you can't
do it I've done it for years so I know
that I can do it
but it's one thing that if you have
another saw available like a handsaw or
a sawzall better than that even a chop
saw and I've been on big jobs where we
cut a lot of PVC and we had a chop saw
to where we can make perfectly straight
cuts every single time
do me a favor down in the comments leave
a note let me know what kind of saw do
you like using for cutting PVC I've
actually got tubing cutters with special
blades that are big enough I can cut PVC
with that we used to use that for see
PVC working on some big industrial
projects I've been up so guys understand
there are different saws there are
different uses for the different saws
finding the saw that you like best and
learning to do it the right way is the
best thing you can do so do me a favor
leave a comment let me know what your
favorite is or let me know if you've got
a different one you'd like to learn
about I'm Roger Wakefield lead AP the
expert plumber and I'll see you on the
next video if you don't get flushed
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