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Hi!
im new at this forum and i find it very helpful and good! so i need help/tips with how to cut angle on tubes... the tube will be welded on a flat surface and not tube on tube! and i only have a angle grinder!:huh::confused:
 
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Welcome to the forum, I'm glad you find it helpful :thumbsup:

What type of tube do you want to cut, round or square? Given that cutting square tube is relatively straight forward, I'm guessing round, correct?
 
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Now this probably isnt the answer you want, but chop saws can be had pretty cheap, and are very very useful tools. I got mine for $60.
 
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I use mostly my chop saws or angle grinders with cutting disks, if you have a belt sander you can clean up all your cuts nicely for welding. Gotta have the right tools to do the job easier, good luck:thumbsup:
 
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That was fast!
fowler: go two of those! :thumbsup:
fabroman: it´s round and its way harder!:furious2:
kaptain krunch: i have tried to find one but i live in sweden and it pretty expensive here and im not made of money!
The best would be if there was a program like the tubemiter program with paper!

Thanx for the welcome btw!
 
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what size grinder have u got?
and its easier if u put it in a vice so u can have two hands on the grinder

if u use a big enough grinder then u can cut right though in one action rather than working your way arond the outside


i would also reckomend a drop saw

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what sortta angle are u cutting
ussually its easier to change the plans to use only 45 or 90 cuts
 
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fowler said:
what size grinder have u got?
and its easier if u put it in a vice so u can have two hands on the grinder

if u use a big enough grinder then u can cut right though in one action rather than working your way arond the outside


i would also reckomend a drop saw

EDIT
what sortta angle are u cutting
ussually its easier to change the plans to use only 45 or 90 cuts
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i use the usual size angle grinder and i can cut with one cut! the angle i have to cut now is 10 degrees and i can make it with with the grinder!... BUT it would be much better with some precision for once:arf::thumbsup:
 
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jamesA said:
i use the usual size angle grinder and i can cut with one cut! the angle i have to cut now is 10 degrees and i can make it with with the grinder!... BUT it would be much better with some precision for once:arf::thumbsup:
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By the usual size do you mean a 4" grinder or a 8" grinder or a 10" grinder? You said originally that the tube would be welded to flat surfaces so we are talking about straight cuts right? A cut off saw would be best but an angle grinder fitted with a modern thin cutting disk will work.but so will a hack saw. It actually doesn't take very long to cut through mild steel with a hack saw and if you mark it out accurately and cut on the line it is very precise.
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Just had a thought. It is quite hard to scribe a line on round tube but there is an easier way. Make a mitre box out of an appropriately sized peace of C section and simply put the tube to be cut in the mitre box run the hack saw down the slot corresponding to the angle you want. This is how it was done before drop saws
 
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