2008年9月23日 · I've cut EMT with the tubing cutters you mention and haven't noticed distortion being a problem even when used for it's intended purpose - electrical conduit. I've also successfully used a hack saw, abrasive chop saw (similiar to your solution) and a metal cutting band saw to turn one piece of EMT into two pieces.

2012年7月3日 · Keith, I recently cut 24 pieces of ¾” EMT for a drying rack. I pondered the options you listed and went with the hacksaw and bi-metal blade. It was much easier than I anticipated, taking less than 30 seconds per cut. I squared up the ends on my disk sander.

2014年9月18日 · I install conduit for a living and my coworkers and I use either a cordless sawsall or bandsaw to cut EMT. A hacksaw works too, although it's slower. The only time I've used a tubing cutter to cut EMT is in existing work when there are wires in the conduit that cannot be removed and the conduit needs to be shortened.

2012年11月20日 · There's a new(ish) replacement for the awful abrasive saws out there--check out the Evolution Rage saws. I have a smallish (7.25") chop saw with their steel cutting carbide blade and it performs clean, fast cuts all day long in 2" square tubing and 1.5" angle iron, which is mostly what I cut.

2020年10月1日 · After doing the fill calcs, I'll either need a 1-1/2" EMT conduit, or two parellel 1" conduits. Both of these options will require cutting a new knockout hole into the panels, because the largest KO on the gen subpanel is 1-1/4, and conversely the main panel only has one KO on the side I need.

2023年8月6日 · Wondering what the proper roof flashing would be for penetrating this open roof eave with EMT conduit. There is an existing mini-split (installed previous to me owning the house), and the installers used some kind of flashing and looped conduit down through it with something wrapped around conduit attaching to flashing cone.

2015年2月10日 · After you cut an EMT conduit do you rim - debur - smooth out the cut end? I am pulling solid conductors and I am getting the insulation nicked off some of the conductors as they get dragged in on the cut end of the pipe EVEN when that …

2016年2月10日 · I used a tubing cutter to make two cuts about 12" apart. Then I cut the 4 conductors inside. Sliding out the 12" short piece, now I have one end with 12" of conductor sticking out to make the splice. The other end the conductors are flushed with the cut tubing and will be replaced all the way to a switch box.

2024年10月4日 · So the way to adhere to Table 310.15(C)(1) is to either upsize the wires in the conduit, or to run no more than 3 CCCs per conduit, thus running multiple conduits into the PVC box/chase. Upsizing wires, as betelgeuse suggests, bumps me up to …

2019年11月8日 · Hi, I'm about to do my first electrical project with conduit rather than romex. One thing I'm wondering about is fitting conduit between two existing boxes. It seems like it would be a battle to get the conduit in place without very precise length measurements and factoring in the fittings and how far the conduit can be plunged into them.