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  • Ridgid tubing cutter 205

    From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 1 20:50:07 2023
    Yesterday I bought an older Ridgid tubing cutter, model 205, cast zinc,
    opens to 2-3/8" (2" pipe) and has 4 rollers. It needed a new cutter wheel
    screw which I made. It's meant for copper and aluminum, but the steel and stainless cutter #33190 is alleged to fit it and cut EMT as well as steel
    fence posts, so I ordered one. Some reviewers reported breaking the tool (which?) when they tried cutting steel, perhaps from inexperience? Does
    anyone know about this combination?

    The preferred way to cut EMT was said to be nick it enough to break it, avoiding an inside burr. Comments?
    Thx, jsw

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Sep 2 11:17:38 2023
    On Fri, 1 Sep 2023 20:50:07 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yesterday I bought an older Ridgid tubing cutter, model 205, cast zinc,
    opens to 2-3/8" (2" pipe) and has 4 rollers. It needed a new cutter wheel >screw which I made. It's meant for copper and aluminum, but the steel and >stainless cutter #33190 is alleged to fit it and cut EMT as well as steel >fence posts, so I ordered one. Some reviewers reported breaking the tool >(which?) when they tried cutting steel, perhaps from inexperience? Does >anyone know about this combination?

    The preferred way to cut EMT was said to be nick it enough to break it, >avoiding an inside burr. Comments?

    Ridgid still makes this cutter. Their 205 spec says it's for soft
    metal tubing, plus EMT, so you are likely OK. This issue is frame
    strength, not the cutter per se.

    .<https://www.ferguson.com/product/ridgid-model-205-14-in.---2-38-in.-ratchet-enclosed-feed-cutter-205-r33055/13849.html?searchIndex=0>

    Look for the Specifications pdf under Documents.


    Joe Gwinn

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 2 12:19:03 2023
    "Joe Gwinn" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    Ridgid still makes this cutter. Their 205 spec says it's for soft
    metal tubing, plus EMT, so you are likely OK. This issue is frame
    strength, not the cutter per se.

    .<https://www.ferguson.com/product/ridgid-model-205-14-in.---2-38-in.-ratchet-enclosed-feed-cutter-205-r33055/13849.html?searchIndex=0>

    Look for the Specifications pdf under Documents.

    Joe Gwinn

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    Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

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