Cutting 10” spiral pipe

Snip cutting the bead for accuracy. And to extend the double cuts’ life out in the field.

[@emursive3783]

everyone sayin gloves must neva worked with metal like that after a while ur hands deadass get tougher and u realize how to handle shit without gettin cut

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

💯

[@marshallwebster3716]

Naw but accidents do happen I’ve worked in sheet metal for 30 years glasses and gloves should always be work by competent people

[@johnnypedraza5451]

Being on 10 /12 foot latter plus leveling it to where it has to go is a lot more unsafe 🥶

[@SPUTNIK6996]

@@johnnypedraza5451still no reason not to wear gloves. Cutting you hand while on top of a 12ft ladder only adds to the chaos

[@LionsDenGarage]

I only wear gloves if the safety guys bust me lol other.. but i never wear them otherwise

[@carlosgutierrez-iw2nf]

gloves bro be safe

[@johnrutherdale915]

Bitch mittens

[@plumber1874]

Thinking the same thing

[@ironmetalbeast]

I was like how the hell is this guy still have his hands.

[@pepperonish]

not to mention safety glasses.

[@tatebraboy336]

Shut it Karen clearly this dude has been doing this for many years and the longer you do it the safer it gets… I’ve done HVAC for years and with shit like that there’s no need for safety equipment (as it goes for me with that scenario)… it’s better for me to work happy then to be covered in all safety equipment and hard hats and shit as long as I know what I’m doing I’m sick of all these Karen’s talking about safety just watch what he’s teaching you or move on!

[@chrisnorris1379]

I'll tell u what makes that 100 times faster.. go the pipe fitters and get a pipe wrap. Measure one mark, wrap the pile and line up the wrap. Take a sharpie and mark around the pipe. Take a sawzall with a short metal blade. Saw into pipe on the line and roll the pipe and u cut.. 40 seconds tops if u have everything in front of you.

[@yinzplaygaming]

How's that 100x faster when this video is about 45 seconds?

[@jdsummers5077]

​@@yinzplaygamingya wtf lol

[@ericlewis7817]

Bro you can't do that with duct metal bc people have to handle that pipe and that'll cut the crap out of people's hands and or legs. Now you could have a point of you're using the duct work specific blades. Never used them idk what kind of edge they leave. Also it's a waste of time to mark all around the pipe. Connect the dots is all you need.

[@ericlewis7817]

Also if it leaves a jagged edge and it makes it harder to connect.

[@faressweis5828]

Circular saw... 5 seconds...

[@Hawgbilly]

I use a Makita saw with a metal cutting blade. Way faster and cleaner than all that. Faster than a grinder. Louder for sure but speed can’t be matched.

[@nalalalalala6714]

No 🧢

[@Skeetr86]

Hack shit

[@Slm16Z]

Metal cutter thats what i use too 👍🏼

[@collinstaley2516]

Totally agree! Cut it faster and get that job knocked out

[@leftymariano1020]

No, grinder is the fastest and most precise

[@michaelrobertson8068]

He’s a butcher 🤣🤣🤣

[@ernestomejia5164]

Try a grinder you can also clean up the burrs and fish hooks with it

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Grinders work, but I don’t like them for cutting light gauge tin.

[@TheChiefonator]

You didn't read this guy's name 😂

[@ericlewis7817]

I love the setup. Only change i would make is a small one and thats just using bulldogs for the thick spiral. Tougher shorter snips made to go through thick pieces. Saves the edge on your main snips.

[@ericlewis7817]

Less overall stress on your hands too.

[@leftymariano1020]

Exactly lol bulldogs all day wiss

[@ericlewis7817]

@@leftymariano1020 wiss are the best affordable snips out there. If you take care of them and use them as they are intended. I'm using a hand me down set from my pops and they still work like a charm. I clean all my hand tools once a month and it keeps them in great working condition

[@arkadandfortuna1582]

Back in the day we used a Sawzall. No gloves cause the journeyman knew who the rookies were. 😅

[@jocelynburd7388]

Cool dude right here

[@FLEADOG211]

My helpers don't do me like that ....that's when I need a helper....from your convo you are a helper .....keep up the work but really take advise from your comments...have a good weekend!!

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

When you’re a journeyman tin knocker, and all you got working is journeymen on the crew you take turns being ground guy and fly guy. I got 12 years in the trade, this is not an instructional video. Just a video of how we got down with that particular crew. No sweat, brother. You as well.

[@LIBERTY0RDEATH]

Tin knockers one of the only skilled trade left.

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Yessir 🍻

[@luisquintero6771]

I’ll let u get away with that non exposed

[@oscarruiz8839]

I like the sharpie mark, you use 2” wide sharpie 😂

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Control air loves to hand out those monster sharpies 😂

[@najialnsour5594]

Grinder bro is enough

[@wingnutmcspazatron3957]

What is that drill/electric snips you're using? Is that a bit or a whole tool?

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Cordless double cuts or more formally cordless double cut metal shears

[@ezekiellackey3439]

I’ll tell you what would be even faster, a plasma cutter. Used it on spiral many times. Works well.

[@jdniedner]

Hot work permits, 4! Count em, 4 HOUR FIRE WATCH, daily equipment inspections, and a safety guy up my a**. So I switched to a step bit and a jigsaw. I wish I could use a plasma!

[@rascorene22]

Lose the screwdriver, use a small unit but to make an angle hole big enough for your double cuts. Then follow through. And get some Makita double cuts, Milwaukee sucks lol 👍

[@Regularjoesmhoe]

I would get some reds instead of bulldogs at the end it’s easier and you prevent the shark teeth on the pipe 👍

[@user-mb6di9yf9f]

A la raaaaaaachhhhhhheeeeee

[@jonyxsenpai]

A band saw gets the job done quick

[@jdniedner]

On 8" spiral? What giant a** band saw are you hauling around ?

[@donsmith5385]

Tin knockers

[@jdniedner]

Bang bang

[@johnnypedraza5451]

When ur in the field u can’t be waiting u just got to do it. Especially the ppl working there lmao 😅they will say sum

[@Cheez1979]

SMW104 !!

[@AustinGentry-oh6hy]

sawzaws

[@user-ky3rf1zy5s]

It's faster wit a grinder and doesn't leave it ugly around the edges

[@LuckyMoniroth]

Look like you need safety concerns

[@Laoxxufiiccjjsdjcjcj]

Lol grinder at that point if you need 2 tools

[@kenrickvaldez3387]

That's correct much better if grinder

[@FLEADOG211]

He used 4 lol hammer screwdriver electric snips regular snips wow😂

[@SpaceGhost182]

One tool. Sawzall.

[@Skeetr86]

And a face shield, and ear plugs. Real sheet metal guys use double cuts. We don't cut square duct with a grinder, one tool to rule them all

[@user-rr2jl3cu9x]

glinder win..

[@davidpena111]

Bruh needs a skil saw..

[@Gabe_Vidrio]

THATS RIGHT! UNION MONEY! I’m also Local 105 currently at ACCO!

[@DaveH-ko2pe]

Just use a grinder mate! 4 tools to cut a peace of spiral 🤷‍♂️ and the cut didn’t look neat folded in on its self.

[@FLEADOG211]

Sawzall with metal blade or grinder with cutting wheel is the only way to go and it's just one tool either one or the other....that tool he is using is for cutting flatstock and long cuts .

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

This is how I learned with a particular crew during my apprenticeship, there’s 1,000 ways to cut sheet metal and by extension, duct work. Thanks for the comment 🍻

[@BocaAvilez]

No gloves 🧤, not wise. Insurance will denied claims. Have fun.

[@titoflores507.5]

Y los giantess pa cuando

[@Ch-fo9lt]

Why dont you use a grinder so much easier and most nibblers cant cut through lock form

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Double cut shears don’t leave any burrs, they don’t throw sparks and metal around either. Snips are good to cut the seam. Grinders are the kings of cutting any metal in any scenario. But some job sites you can’t make all the noise and mess that comes with using a grinder. Make sure you wear ear plugs with that grinder! Hearing doesn’t ever heal and come back!

[@fredyg4602]

No gloves,you will remember them when you cut your self,I know it 😅 when cutting metal jacketing for pipes ✊

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

My hands are full of little nicks and scars, just like every other tin knocker/mechanic. It goes with the territory and you eventually learn how to better handle and respect the material. Now if I’m doing something violent like demolition I will wear gloves so I don’t have to worry about it

[@jameswilson5722]

Rough as fuck use one continues line when your marking out, cut 5 gloves nope 🙈

[@jeremyalcoser5742]

Have a sheet metal guy saying they’re better than plumbers. Saw their union wage and 😂😂😂

[@jeremyalcoser5742]

@@ealletfghh5362 ok tin head

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

I’m pretty sure that all depends on what locals you’re comparing, wages are different all over the country. Plus tin knockers don’t ever have to chase turds ☕️

[@cesarreyes4050]

We como se llama esa herramienta de Milwaukee

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Double cut shears

[@nickimpogiatzis5159]

Your just metal by day and night! all around 🤙😉

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

lol that’s right!!

[@oldestsol3754]

My g why dont you use a sawzaw with a metal blade? This way you dont have to pull out the snips and it saves your hand all while also only using one tool for the job. Local sheet metal worker here so i know whats good js.

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

I like the double cuts the best, it’s the quietest smoothest tool we can use to cut tin. You can cut sheet metal with a dozen different tools, manual/power etc. I don’t mind using my snips either, in fact I enjoy using my snips any chance I can. At the end of the day, all I’m tryna say is everyone’s got their way of doing things. This is my way, that’s all.

[@oldestsol3754]

​@PeterTheDestroyer i feel you there, 100 ways to skin a cat as they say.

[@Ch-fo9lt]

I disagree grinder is the best way to cut spiral

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

@@Ch-fo9lt to each their own, I like quiet smooth tools, especially in an occupied building.

[@mtgsalt1151]

@@PeterTheDestroyer the one thing you figure out as you get older it's not about what tool you use per say, it's about how many you have to carry, and the unnecessary things you have to do like pull 3 tools out to do one job. Sawzall and grinder both require 1 tool the snips while wonderful require 3 tools. Means you wasted time and movement pulling extra tools, which in the long run wastes time, and your body. Just like you made 15 marks with the marker when you could have made one solid circle and not even had to remove your tape off the duct. Most of the people here understand people like to do things each their own way, but at the end of the day everyone in the trade ends up using the same tools for a reason.

[@JoseCastro-hk5zs]

Need more xperience on spiral mate 😅

[@karicandie20241]

What tool is that

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Double cut shears

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

@Scorched Earth that was a Milwaukee demo driver, almost exactly flat head screw driver, but specifically designed for tin knockers.

[@ricosuave-ej5cs]

Unibit drilled thru center of seam. Then double cuts done

[@jordanarcano1978]

Helps to get a step down bit and put it right on the seem it will make a clean hole for your double Cutts and it will cutt out half the seem and save your snips

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Step down bits or unibits are awesome, but like the hammer/screw driver combo best.

[@raminrouchi202]

Shit sawzall

[@user-ew6lr2zz8n]

I rather use a sawzaw

[@user-oq5uo6xu2w]

장갑 껴라

[@gilbertolivo4257]

I use sawzall fuk it

[@jmartin6158]

Same, way cleaner cut. If ima use the double cuts, I drill a hole with a tek screw then use my uni bit to widen it so the dubs fits in for the cut. Never seen anyone use a flat head screw driver.

[@Logan-dj5tu]

i use an angle grinder

[@Logan-dj5tu]

no need to poke a hole

[@crzychris98]

Sawzall to cut ductwork u guys crack me up😂

[@tesakotukaka6222]

Unibit to start the hole is way cleaner

[@shanebanks32]

I need a nibbler tool! My skill saw is so fucken loud

[@dannywahlihvfd9]

So much faster though.

[@giovannicardone3803]

Wrong

[@notifieatthemonalisa]

Save yourself some time and dont bother marking it

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

I only mark it if it’s exposed duct. No time or room for errors.

[@Draagenn]

@@PeterTheDestroyer should mark every cut, even if its not exposed it should be perfect!

[@8LARAIDER4]

How often do you replace your snips?

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Depends, every two years usually, sometimes yearly

[@FLEADOG211]

Can't be getting paid much 😮...

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Nice man, talking trash on a fellow tin knocker. You must be God’s gift to sheet metal. I only wish I could be as excellent as you.

[@leftymariano1020]

Use a grinder bro lol and y would u ruin ur offsets cutting through the spiral groove if u are gonna cut that part by hand use bulldogs lolol. Second of all y would u use double curs instead of a grinder with a cut off wheel or even a saw zaw with metal blade with double cuts u waste a quarter inch of the material on the opposing piece. Js lol

[@FLEADOG211]

He couldn't do that working with me and my team we get down and that what he's doing is a waist of time..

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

Waste* thanks for the comment brother.

[@FLEADOG211]

Hey you got something right, my miss spelled word lol waste...good job now take notes on hot to cut spiral pipe 😅

[@PeterTheDestroyer]

@@FLEADOG211 you must’ve been pretty twisted up on how I cut sheet metal and leave zero burrs for my guy up in the scissor lift. You rushed your comment, take your time next time. It’ll look better ☕️

[@sexnoisespodcast3160]

I use a circular with a metal blade. Much faster