Cutting trunking and cable tray

[scottchambers36]

what are the best methods for cutting these with a power tool as with a hacksaw with every cut it just goes off the line

 

[topquark]

Hacksaw for the trunking (it's just practice). Diamond bladed angle grinder for the tray. Others opinions will of course vary along with the qualitfy of the cutting

 

[johnboy6083]

a 1mm disc for a 115mm grinder. Cant go wrong. Always best to master the basic tools first though. It must the the way you are holding the hacksaw, or your blade is too loose.

 

[vernam616]

Is this thread for real?

Yet again deeply shocked by questions that arise on this site, all the skill and knowledge has completely fell out of the job, i learnt how to cut straight in a woodwork class in primary school at around 6-7 year old

 

[topquark]

Is this thread for real?

Yet again deeply shocked by questions that arise on this site, all the skill and knowledge has completely fell out of the job, i learnt how to cut straight in a woodwork class in primary school at around 6-7 year old

No such thing as woodwork anymore, it's technology and materials now

 

[telectrix]

he's probably been given a junior hacksaw. OK for plastic mini trunking. try a proper hacksaw with a 32tpi blade.

 

[telectrix]

Is this thread for real?

Yet again deeply shocked by questions that arise on this site, all the skill and knowledge has completely fell out of the job, i learnt how to cut straight in a woodwork class in primary school at around 6-7 year old

i was 12, must have been a slow learner. anyway we weren't allowed anything sharper than a rubber mallet in primary school,

 

[netblindpaul]

I don't like diamond blades for ferrous materials as there is carbon in the steel and the diamond is carbon, not a good combination really.
These new 1mm disks are good though the do well in my 18V Bosch cordless angle grinder.
Other option for basket is a clipper cut bolt cropper.
As far as the manual way goes, solid hold on the job, good hacksaw frame, not £1 shop special.
Fine blade i.e. 32tpi as above, good lot of tension and practice.

When I was an apprentice all the trades had to hacksaw out and file to fit, a square in a square, that took some doing, we also all had to make a drill angle gauge for the standard 118 deg drill point, and learn to sharpen a drill by hand, and keep doing it until we had it right!

 

[tosh2057]

go to college and learn like the rest of us electricians ............stupid question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vernam616]

No such thing as woodwork anymore, it's technology and materials now

Ok ok Mr Politically correct

 

[topquark]

Ok ok Mr Politically correct

It's just another example of dumbing everything down mate. Same as there's no Physics, Chemistry and Biology any more, just Science now

 

[telectrix]

it's still bloody wood. ( from a tree, or is it now from a synthetic source now)

 

[vernam616]

mad made wood - its the future!

 

[johnboy6083]

i dont think that there is any proper instruction about how to use tools correctly these days, (and im only 24). The amount of people i see holding hammers halh way up the shaft, or not sticking their finger ion the side of a saw. I was very lucky to have had poper teachers at school who taught us how to use tools properly. I could braze, cast ali, and solder/silver solder before i left school. Along with vacuum forming plastics, and making the wooden moulds ect.

still, would you trust modern kids with a sharp implement?

 

[telectrix]

well, you can get a A level in science now by making a stink bomb out of an old pair of knickers and some battery acid ( recycling at it's best.)

 

[topquark]

mad made wood - its the future!

Yep, I beams (joists) made from laminated veneered timber (with knock out holes already in the joists).

 

[telectrix]

mad made wood - its the future!

it's called MDF . it looks like sh*t, tastes like sh*t, feels like sh*t, and by 'ell, it is bloody sh8t.

 

[topquark]

it's called MDF . it looks like sh*t, tastes like sh*t, feels like sh*t, and by 'ell, it is bloody sh8t.

The dust is carcenogenic to boot as well

 

[telectrix]

didn't know my boots would be at risk.

 

[vernam616]

Is MDF proven carcenogenic?, is this going to become the new "asbestos" in 10-20 years time, masks and special licenses to remove it?