ADVICE -Best pipe cutter for 40mm plastic?Hi Guys

[bilabonic]

Hi Guys,

I'm looking to purchase a 40mm PVC/Plastic pipe cutter, i have a ceapy chinese ratchet type one but the ratchet system is broke, plus a 40mm pipe barely fits into it.

I will be doing a lot of floplast or polypipe solvent 40mm cuts (not sure which atm, whoever is cheapest and does black fittings/40mm tank connectors etc).

Are these OX ones any good, you can get spare blades etc.

Also which is better Floplast or Polypipe? Plus will they actually fit as i think Floplast is 43mm?

Cutter -https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OX-Tools-Pro-POLYZIP-FAST-CUT-Plastic-Pipe-Cutters-15mm-22mm-35mm-42mm/113743748811?epid=13032639686&hash=item1a7ba7decb:g:s~8AAOSwDPdc1XfG

Thanks

 

[SimonG]

I use what's to hand, hacksaw, hands, multitool. I had plastic pipe cutters for 40 and 32 but found them to be sh!te

 

[bilabonic]

I use what's to hand, hacksaw, hands, multitool. I had plastic pipe cutters for 40 and 32 but found them to be sh!te

I don't want to do hundreds of cuts with a saw/deburring tool hence me asking for a tool.

What type of pipe cutters did you try?

The ratchet type on 40mm i had were useless.

Cheers

 

[Ben-gee]

I have had rothenburger plastic pipe slices for 40 and 32; the 40 one has been good - the 32 almost always spirals off so I don’t use it.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have had rothenburger plastic pipe slices for 40 and 32; the 40 one has been good - the 32 almost always spirals off so I don’t use it.

I have both. Never had an issue. Is the blade sharp?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Roth plastic pipe slices for me haven’t changed the blades yet

also when you first turn them around the pipe first don’t grip / squeeze the pipe slice too much else it will be stiff to turn

 

[exedon2]

Ive currently got ridgid ones that cut up to 65mm I think nice things but pricey.
Couple of my subbies have rothenberger ones work ok seem a bit prone to sticking. One of others has some of the monument ones had then a few months not had any probs.

 

[Ben-gee]

Yeah it’s just the small one looks like the blade set across at a slight angle, hence spirals off. Can stop it if I remember which way to fight against it!
Probably fixable with a couple of shims but never got round to it....

 

[JCplumb]

I got one for £20 couple of weeks ago from stoolstation. Works pretty well to be fair.
One cutter does both 1 1/4 and 1 1/2.
Rothenberger Plasticut Pro 35-42mm - https://www.toolstation.com/rothenberger-plasticut-pro/p81400

 

[JCplumb]

I got one for £20 couple of weeks ago from stoolstation. Works pretty well to be fair.
One cutter does both 1 1/4 and 1 1/2.
Rothenberger Plasticut Pro 35-42mm - https://www.toolstation.com/rothenberger-plasticut-pro/p81400

I've changed my mind about it. It's a useless piece of plastic, needed to do about 12 cuts with it on Tuesday and didn't get a single one anywhere near square, lots of spiralling no matter what I did. It's going back for a refund tomorrow.

 

[Ben-gee]

Not just me then!!!
Very annoying when it spirals such that the useable pipe is now too short. My little one is now in the bin.

 

[bilabonic]

So there is nothing on the market that cuts 40mm pipe properly?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Roth plastic pipe slices

 

[daz103]

I bought a ratchet type on around 15 years ago & it was Great so i bought another as back up. I lost one after a few years & then lost the second one. I couldn't find another so bought a replacement from toolstation it didn't last 2 minutes before breaking so bought another one. That has lasted longer but is crap! I seen this thread & looked on here hoping to find a really good one that a few people would recommend.
Don't know if its any help, but the good ones I had, had more of a v shaped blade that cut straight through brilliantly but the crap ones just have a normal flat blade which of course make them a lot harder to cut through.
I'm no expert though. And I'm a joiner. I only started plumbing 15 years ago when a kitchen & bathroom company I was working for threw me in the deep end onto bathrooms when they were stuck for bathroom fitters, but hope the info is a bit of help??
Darren

 

[Harvest Fields]

Agree with the above. Never had an issue

 

[J murton]

Rothenberger pipe slice for 30&40mm/handsaw/multitool/hammer

 

[bilabonic]

Rothenberger pipe slice for 30&40mm/handsaw/multitool/hammer

Well it seems a 3Ib hammer has the cleanest cut, perhaps one day someone will engineer a tool to cut 40mm!!!

 

[Harvest Fields]

I have never had an issue with these as I said.

 

[WC1]

As above never an issue. Got to grip it quite tight to keep it true. It doesn't have the "springyness" of a copper slice. Don't know what the others are doing wrong...

 

[AWheating]

The slices are designed for imperial/ push fit but do work on solvent with some success. A rothy 50mm ratchet is ok.

I've tried most things and a junior still gets used more times than not.

As for silvent pipe polypipe Is better than floplast in abs. I use hunter pvc for external as I can get it locally. Osma pvc is ok too but not stocked by many.

 

[MOSSEP]

Ive used a hacksaw for 24 years, never found it an issue

 

[JCplumb]

The slices are designed for imperial/ push fit but do work on solvent with some success. A rothy 50mm ratchet is ok.

I've tried most things and a junior still gets used more times than not.

As for silvent pipe polypipe Is better than floplast in abs. I use hunter pvc for external as I can get it locally. Osma pvc is ok too but not stocked by many.

That got me thinking, I tried the rothy slice on pushfit pipe and it seemed OK, not 100% but got an almost square cut most of the time. I was cutting solvent pipe when it kept spiralling, solvent is my preferred pipe jointing method so if they don't work on solvent then I'm glad I got a refund.