How to notch tubes without a tube notcher.

[@PenRippyJr]

who needs a tube notcher when you have an $8000 band saw for metal

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Stupid comment , you can use a $400 chop saw too .

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Exactly 👍

[@tonyb9316]

This is the best and easiest way to notch a tube.GREAT CLEVER IDEA.GREAT VIDEO.

[@JonDingle]

I have always called them a fish mouth. A birds mouth to me is a cut in a timber roof truss. Good video, the same cut can be done with a chop saw too. I used to do them with a worn flap wheel on a grinder.

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Good shout on the chop saw. Grinder with a cutting disc also an option.

[@majorrgeek]

nice, clean accurate - doing it with the bandsaw bit long - I usually cut all with the grinder by just guessing how much to cut off to form the bird mouth

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you for watching. Using a grinder, for me , is equally fine on the smaller diameters. But I would more than likely use the saw for larger diameters, or multiple cuts on the smaller. The straight 90° cut that forms the mouth is approximately 20% of diameter for this example. (42 mm OD) This needs to be tested as an exact science for different size tubes.

[@joannejohansson8352]

hey mate good vid but, try this. with saw at 90 deg put the pipe 13 mm past the blade, (use a back stop at the other end). lock the vice. swing the saw to 32 deg take 1 cut rotate 180 deg take another cut, done no grinding. also can do stair rails. i can send a vid on fb. cheers john

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching and also for your comments John. Hit me up on Instagram if that works for you.

[@SandyridgeGR]

Can you post a video about that?

[@Juggernaut365]

Where’s the video mate?!?!

[@johnsullivan7633]

You can pick a professional tradesman, because the keep the guards on angle grinders. Nice job.

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you for watching John. 👍

[@Justin-Outdoors]

I think the tube notcher would be easier and quicker, but the ones i found online only had hole saw 1 1/2 deep and I’m notching 2 3/8 pipe so having to flip the pipe and align the hole saw to the other cut seems to defeat the purpose of purchasing it. Chop saw it is! Seems to be the same result as your band saw but much louder and sparkier

[@WELDEROFMASTER]

Best videos you welding work steel

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@Rafaalday54]

Great content! and so underrated videos. Thumbs up every time

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you. Thanks for watching 👍

[@shaunhuckabee5904]

Genius and simple! Can you make a vid showing different angles other than 90 degrees?

[@samuelbaldwin1225]

Did you ever find a way of notching other then 90 degrees? On a bandsaw

[@150flyer4]

Just watched all your videos. Thanks for the really good work and fabulous video work to go along with it. I just subscribed and can’t wait for more. Thanks again.

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Very kind. Thanks for watching. 👍

[@tonnymetalluxserralheria3780]

Very ease an perfect 👏👏👏 congratulations

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@ChrisBusy]

You don't talk much but I get it. Tx for sharing technique

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

I don’t talk at all Chris 😄 Thanks for watching. Glad you got the gist

[@ajsironworks3937]

So how Much of the pipe do you cut off when it comes to the point do you cut it back 387 inch how do you figure that out because I would like to use this trick for when I’m trying to join pipe for my smokers. My company I work for has a pipe not sure but if I didn’t have that option I’d like to be able to do this

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Around 20% of the diameter on this 42 OD tube for the straight cut. It would be worth taking a proportion off first for different size tubes to gauge that exact science. Too little and it wouldn’t sit ‘in the saddle’. Too much and there’d be a gap on the ‘beak’.

[@GodfatherMaxi]

Best explain ever .. thanks

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you. Thanks for watching 👍

[@fabricancustoms]

I like the short videos, but you should make longer videos

[@TM-tz9rr]

I really like how you describe your layout without actually talking, very informative. 🙄🙄🙄

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you. 😉

[@Juanverrette66]

✌🏾 👍🏾👍🏾 thank you!! 🙏🏿☝️✌🏾

[@marksarovich5534]

very quick and accurate enough! THANK YOU

[@dylancryer6111]

Is there a way to do it for an angle?

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Hi Dylan. Yes there is. I’ll do a video at some point when i get the opportunity.

[@vaughndeverteuil597]

crude but effective. thanks for the vid

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you for watching👍

[@SaleemAhmad-xl2xp]

Best tricks with out peper shabash

[@envisionCamusa]

Tubing notcher not needed, but a $3,000 band saw helps. Just kidding..... Nice job

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

I Note your full message, and thank you for commenting, but Fair point. Get this a bit. Can obviously be done with a grinder,but a lot more accurate with the saw. Especially for the demo. Perhaps some kind of pre fabricated jig for the grinder cut would work. Thanks for watching and HNY.

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

Nice work. What do you do if not coming in at 90. Say at a 60 or an oddball angle.

[@JTBoswellMusic]

how to notch tubes without a tube notcher and instead with an $8000 band saw! 👍🏼

[@tedbongiovanni180]

Thank you!

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you Ted. Have a look at the newer videos as there’s another version of this that may be of interest. 👍

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

The secret fastest tube notch method in the world. (Without a tube notcher) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnvJh5yebMeor6c

[@jesusmarte1880]

Excelente

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thank you 👍

[@campparsonssundayschool7844]

I saw another video similar to this one except that the saw was set to 32 degrees.

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Who did the video?

[@campparsonssundayschool7844]

@@TheMetalFabGuy Sorry it took so long to locate the video where the guy set his chop saw to 32 degrees. Its on channel: Luthi Ranch. Video is titled "How I Cut saddles In Pipe With a Chop Saw - Descriptive Version".

[@SiNNeR90737]

Does anyone know if this is possible with a solid wood pole instead of a hollow pipe?

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching. 👍 It would, but You’d also have to bore out at least half the diameter of the solid pole for it to work.

[@SiNNeR90737]

What would be the easiest way to do that?

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

I’d imagine by using a lathe.

[@davechandler702]

the one side looked a mile out of a nice tight joint but hey what do i know could of done it with just a grinder

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@boots7859]

Not sure if you're being a keyboard snark or not, however I think he just let the grinder get away a bit. At least he was nice enough to post a video...

[@davechandler702]

@@boots7859 not trying to be anything mate i work in sheet metal and just saying that the one edge could be tighter

[@ManufacturersInIndia]

Jai Mata Di

[@paulomarcandali5674]

👊🏻🔨💯

[@darrylentz2866]

Okay buddy ….. get a notcher!!!

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Don’t need it Darryl👍

[@bigdave6447]

You could have walked to my house and used my Harbor freight pipe notcher and been home again faster!!!!

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

You could have saved yourself money on a harbour freight pipe notcher Dave.

[@bigdave6447]

@@TheMetalFabGuy how my friend?

[@efjefe]

He has a ban saw lucky

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Hey Jeff. Thanks for watching. Exactly the Same principle with a grinder. Slightly better cut with the bandsaw. …Only just 😂

[@ktmturbo5836]

Use 33 degrees. Then you dont need to use grinder. And you dont need to cut off the nose

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching. John Warren mentioned this method previously on here. Thanks for sharing your knowledge also.

[@Yeye3040]

How come you dont talk?

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

What would you like me to say Robert?

[@tantan4662]

Teach novices how to measure even that 45°dude

[@projectdad6561]

To cut that far back, then cutting the points off, you’re wasting time and materials. Too many steps. 1/3rd of the pipe diameter is all you need to cut back. Then grind insides. That’s it. Done. Don’t complicate things

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

Thanks for watching. Please post your method. Look forward to it. This is the method I prefer.

[@tavobuenrostro7048]

Thanks for nothing

[@TheMetalFabGuy]

😂😂😂Thanks for boosting the algorithm with your comment 👍