Tubing notcher needed

For small one time jobs you can sometimes use a lathe if you have acess to one. Put a hole saw in the chuck. to hold the tubing you can fab a clamp or something to mount the tubing to the carriage. It can be as simple as a block of wood with a hole bored through it with a holesaw. Cut a slot from edge of wood block to the hole to in effect make a pinch clamp. Then bolt it to the carriage at the angle you want and feed pipe to holesaw with the carriage. It worked for me one time.

 

Hole saw works good for small projects.

 

I built a crossover tube for my exhaust using a chop saw making two angled cuts at about 30~40 degress. Took a little experimenting to get it right, but it was weldable in the end.

 

Harbor Feight tools has a couple from which to choose.http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42324
Wow only $29.

 

Does anyone know if that HF notcher will work with this HF Bench Drill Press?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44836

 

Mike,

I can't answer your question, but if you head over to the Escondido store to check it out, take this with you

http://ww2.harborfreightusa.com/showpage_retail.taf?pageid=214&email=

20% off a single item. Or

http://ww2.harborfreightusa.com/showpage_retail.taf?pageid=202&email=

10% Off your entire order.

Be sure and print the internet price(s) as well as they will match it if the instore price is higher.

 

Thanks Joel. The 20% expired today. Maybe I can get there tomorrow. I'll take the 10% coupon w/ me. You're on their e-mail mailing list? I'm at that Escondido location all the time. My wife calls it the Pick-N-Save for guys.

 

I'm on the mailing list. If you check those links tommorrow or the next day HF usually replaces the coupon with a new one.

I like to shop there, but its kind of out of the way. I want to get up and check out the 6" jointer again.

 

http://ww2.harborfreightusa.com/showpage_retail.taf?pageid=202&email=

Updated coupon.

 

HF has one on sale right now for 39.99. Here's the link.http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=35782

 

Use the coupon linked above to take another 20% off the sale price.

 

I saved those links Joel posted earlier & when I went to them again they had the new coupons on them . Now what to buy ....

 

Hate to ask a stupid question but, if your going to be using your drill press and a hole saw anyway why pay for the notcher?
Keith

 

It holds the tube solidly and doesn't allow it to rotate to give a good clean cut. Most also can tilt to allow for different angles of cut. It's a VERY handy tool when dealing with tube. I also bought mine from Harbor Freight and it works pretty well. Nickmil.

 

Nope that nothcer will NOT work with a table top drill press. However you can just clamp the nother to a table or something and just use a hand drill to run it. The pic shows a drill press but its not really needed.