Ridgid 31642 model 152 Quick-Acting Tubing Cutter, 1/4" to 2-5/8" Tube Cutter

Great tool! MUCH better than no name brand pipe cutters. Very clean cut and the quick lever feature is great.

I needed to cut through a galvanized steel pipe used for chain link fencing. The pipe was 23/8 inches in diameter and about 1.5 mm thick as measured by my digital caliper. This cut through this pipe like a champ--no problems. I made sure to not to tighten it too much for each turn around the pipe. If you take it slow, you will not have problems even though this tool does not mention cutting through steel in the description. This is a very sturdy tool--it is a great addition to my tool box.

I bought this pipe cutter to cut 2-3/8" Steel pipe used for a chain link fence. I was skeptical at first, but it performed flawlessly cutting 16 gauge steel pipe. I used the default copper cutting wheel that came on the unit. The spring release is a great feature. The wheel tracked very well and when I rotated around the pipe it fell right back into the channel it had started.I believe the key is to not turn the knob in too much at the start. Take your time and don't over tighten the knob. Took about 5 minutes to cut through the steel pipe. Left a nice, clean cut all the way around. There were some burrs on the inside but that's easy to fix.I cut 11 steel pipes and the blade wheel looks brand new still. No dings or nicks in the blade at all. I'm confident this will give me years of good use.

Love them

This handy guy is perfect for all my copper cutting needs. I will say that it's a bit large of a tool for 3/4 pipe, although it will cut it perfectly. The tool just feels a bit large in the hands for such a small pipe. I believe some thumb cutters are in my near future as well because of some, "in position" cutting that makes life a bit difficult with these larger cutters. But overall, they dob work exactly as described on copper and pvc. Even has an extra cutting wheel in the handle. The spring loaded handle is extra handy as well. Any chance possible to make that little spring a little harder to not get snagged and pop off? That was a 30 min fishing a small spring through a small hole adventure. That honestly I didn't have to fix for the function of the cutters just more of a quality of life kinda thing. Anyhow, great product by a great company. Go Ridgid!

Item as described

I wanted a pipe cutter for 16 gauge steel pipe I used to reinforce the roof of a car canopy, According to the specs on this cutter, it's meant only for plastic with one wheel, or copper/aluminum with the other wheel it comes with. However, I saw a reviewer mention they used it to cut thick steel fence posts, and other cutters intended for steel are twice the price, so I thought I'd give it a try.The copper cutting wheel had no problem cutting my steel pipe. I'm guessing that if you tried to use this cutter for steel a lot the blade would wear quickly, but for occasional use I think it's fine. I searched for awhile to see if there were cutting blades you could buy that were intended for steel, but I think Rigid doesn't market them for this cutter as they want you to buy a more expensive one. On an external web site I did find a blade called E-4546 aka 33190 which the site claims is meant for steel/stainless steel and it also claims it will fit this cutter, but I couldn't verify that on Rigid's web site. However, the back of the packaging that comes with the cutter does mention it works with E-4546 (Cat. No. 33190) for cutting stainless steel (it doesn't say steel, but I would guess it's fairly equivalent).I've only cut one pipe so far but the cut lined up after one revolution by simply tightening the cutter firmly. That was not the case with a pipe cutter I rented last year - I had to torque the cutter in a particular way on the first rotation to get the cut to line up.One thing I don't like about this cutter is the knob you turn to tighten it. My hands sweat and I have to squeeze the knob very tightly to make it tighten which hurts my hand after a bit. I much preferred the sliding bar of the previous cutter I rented that gives you leverage to tighten it easily.The "X-CEL" pin that holds the cutter wheel in is a neat idea. It's basically a pin with two spring-loaded ball bearings on the end that prevent the pin from slipping out. It's similar to the spring-loaded ball bearings that hold a socket onto most socket wrenches.Since they also call the knob an "X-CEL" knob I was expecting to be able to remove the knob with some sort of similar pin in order to get at the cutting wheel stored in the knob, but instead you seem to need to remove a Phillips-head screw to get at the spare cutting wheel. That's rather annoying.The instructions that come with the cutter are pretty vague. For example, it says "Open cutter by depressing release nut". They don't have a diagram or description of what they mean by a release nut. Luckily the tool is fairly simple and I think they mean for you to press down on a black lever near the knob that lets the cutting wheel slide forward and back.I also found there's a short blade you can fold out of the top of the tool much like a pocket knife blade. The manual doesn't mention it so I have no idea what the intended purpose is.

Todo a tiempo, el paquete fue entregado sin daños.. muy profesional