Re: Cutting PVC trunking cleanly...

[Stephen McGarry <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A thought is to make a piece of wood to fit inside the trunking and
support the sides while its being sawn with a mitre
saw. The Evolution saws have a fine blade which cuts less harshly than
standard saws (and they cut nearly everything).

HTH
Stephen

On 12/12/10 09:13, Peter + Jane wrote:
> I have a high end German sliding mitre saw and am
> near the end of a complicated self build. I have
> used the saw endlessly for plastic soil pipe and
> waste pipe. The trouble with trunking is it is a
> bit thin and flappy. You would need a very fine
> blade and would need to cut very slowly to avoid
> snatching, chipping or splintering. Hence my
> preference to mark with a pencil, cut with an
> angle grinder and then finesse back to the line.
> Simples!
> But each to their own!
> With a lot to do, an abrasive disc in a chop saw might be ideal.
> Rgds
> Peter
> At 08:57 12/12/2010, you wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >PVC trunking ..... tricksy stuff....
>  >
>  >I think something like this
>  ><http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33776/Power-Tools/Compound-Mitre-Saws/Erbauer-ERB238MSW-254mm-Sliding-Mitre-Saw-230V>http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33776/Power-Tools/Compound-Mitre-Saws/Erbauer-ERB238MSW-254mm-Sliding-Mitre-Saw-230V
>  >
>  >I have an Erbauer, cant recommend it enough. Given that trunking
is tricksy,
>  >you might need something to trim the bits off
>  >with so what about a Dremel 8000
>  >as well.... just in case. :-) :-) :-)
>  >
>  >robin
>  >
>  >On 11/12/10 22:14, Phil Harris wrote:
>  > > Wondering if I can use it as an excuse to get
>  > a nice sliding compound mitre saw for myself
>  > 'for Xmas' (but I might buy it tomorrow from Screwfix of
course...
>  > >
>  > > Phil
>  > >
>  > > Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...
>  > >
>  > > On 11 Dec 2010, at 21:11, "Tracey
>  > Gardner"<<mailto:tracey.gardner%40talktalk.net>tracey.gardner@xxxxxxx
<mailto:tracey.gardner%40talktalk.net>>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > >> A chop saw with a decent high TPI blade would do the
trick.
>  > >> Especially if you cut it with the lid on?
>  > >>
>  > >> Tracey
>  > >>
>  > >>> I need to cleanly cut mitres in some 4" x
2" rectangular profile trunking
>  > >>> and was wondering if anyone knows whether it's
possible to use hot wire
>  > >>> cutters to get a nice clean and square cut
>  > or am I stuck with using my old
>  > >>> 18TPI mitre saw which doesn't do that good a job on
the relatively floppy
>  > >>> box section of the trunking...
>  > >>>
>  > >>> Phil
>  > >>>
>  > >>
>  > >>
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