Bob Engelhardt wrote:
The Habitat I work with has a bunch of copper pipe that we pulled out
of the convent that we are converting to homes. The scrap price of
plain copper (no fittings, "clean") is much better that that with
fittings & we are looking for a good way to remove the fittings.
"Good" means fast, easy, cheap (I know, "pick 2").

I threw away a 5/8" bolt cutter, or that would have been the first
thing that I tried (it's mostly 1/2" pipe). But I might be able to
borrow one if that would be a good solution. Anybody used a bolt
cutter on copper pipe?

I have a Porta-Band saw, with a stand. Whadya' think of that? Might
be kinda' slow.

How about an ax & chopping block? Would it work & how fast would the
ax go too dull to work anymore?

I suppose a throat less shears would be great, but even Harbor
Freight's $140 is too much.

I'm assuming that an abrasive saw would clog up on copper. Yes?

What about a circular saw? Would it REALLY need a special blade if I
didn't care about the quality of the cut?

I know that in the collective experience here there is the answer,
Bob




I'd have thought this type of shear would be a good candidate
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...0-metal-shears .
I looked for similar on Harbour Freight site but didn't find any which
surprised me a bit. One of the local scrap metal merchants around here
had a much larger hydraulic version that he used to remove such fittings
to increase the value of the scrap.