in this video I'm going to cut through this cast-iron pie using a hammer and a cold
chisel this is the way they used to do it before proper pipe cutters were
available and you won't see this done very often and I do have to say that
you'd have to be very careful when you're doing this I've actually marked
the pipe already and I'm going to use that as a cut line
and I'm going to go around that with the cold chisel and I'm going to tap it very
gently all the way around a couple of times the second time I'm going to do it
a little bit harder eventually we will cut the cast iron pipe like I say you
have to be very careful when you do this because cast iron is very brittle
you also got a need a good pair of safety glasses when you do this you will notice I've
also put this on a bag of sand that will help tremendously as all the shock waves
will be absorbed by the sand
I did actually see how to do this in an NVQ level two book on plumbing so I'm
assuming that the NVQ Assessors know what they're doing so that's why I
thought to give this a try I've now been around that about twice this time I'm
going to hit the chisel a little bit harder
obviously with today's angle grinders and todays portable band saws you can
cut through pipe like this very easily I'll just thought I'd have a go at doing that because
that is the old way of doing it that was actually my first attempt at doing
that I'm sure with a bit more practice and maybe a newer piece of cast iron
pipe would actually be able to get a half-decent
cut on there. That is how they used to cut cast iron part in the old days
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