Ok...now I'm a believer.....

Mad Dog_2

My guys:  "I need Diablo blades!!...there the best...blah blah..blah!!"   We'll...I finally tried them...its NOLO CONTENDRE....6 cuts in a 4" XH soil stack in 8 minutes...Unreal.  I don't care what they cost! Mad Dog 

Mad Dog_2

ChrisJ

Mad Dog_2 said:

My guys:  "I need Diablo blades!!...there the best...blah blah..blah!!"   We'll...I finally tried them...its NOLO CONTENDRE....6 cuts in a 4" XH soil stack in 8 minutes...Unreal.  I don't care what they cost! Mad Dog 

Told ya so.

Mad Dog_2

Does anyone know if Krupp (The Kanon Konig), The German Cannon Manufacturer ever made Cast Iron pipe for the USA 🇺🇸 market?  I don't recall ever seeing Krupp pipe.  Mad Dog 🐕 

Mad Dog_2

Get in line...alot of guys have. Never doubted they were better...just HOW MUCH MORE BETTERER!!  Mad Dog 🐕 

EdTheHeaterMan

They are not just "Betterer" Matt. They are the BESTIST!!!

EBEBRATT-Ed

Angle grinder with a cutting disk goes through it like butter.

ChrisJ

EBEBRATT-Ed said:

Angle grinder with a cutting disk goes through it like butter.

On a used poop pipe spraying that all over?

HomerJSmith

On a used poop pipe spraying that all over?

That's why they invented bath-showers. Don't lick your fingers. I hate soil pipes, every germ in God's green acre lives there.

Mad Dog_2

Grinders are great when you have a little room to work.  You can't always slice through and ya cut windows out.  Most stacks are tucked tight between two King Studs, so Diablo was best thing here.  My lungs also appreciate less Iron Dust!  Mad Dog 🐕 

Mad Dog_2

Pumpguy

Oh Yeah! When cutting ferrous metal, carbide tipped blades are your friend!

347

Glad you finally listened to me

hot_rod

Remember the Lennox Hackmaster blades? They had the movie guy cut a car in 1/2 in the parking lot at trade shows.

Cordless tools have also made it easy to cut in tough/ wet environments.

Get and use a respirator my friend!

Plenty or weird bacterias and questionables being flushed down toilets these days.
Ear plugs and safety glasses of course.

Lance

Remember the cast iron pipe chain cutter. It's a snap to work!

ChrisJ

Lance said:

Remember the cast iron pipe chain cutter. It's a snap to work!

I'd bet @Mad Dog_2 has a chain cutter.
If anyone does, it's him.

STEVEusaPA

Mad Dog_2 said:

My guys:  "I need Diablo blades!!...there the best...blah blah..blah!!"   We'll...I finally tried them...its NOLO CONTENDRE....6 cuts in a 4" XH soil stack in 8 minutes...Unreal.  I don't care what they cost! Mad Dog 

You just learned this? First time I tried it about 6 years ago, it made me mad how easy it cuts...lol

ChrisJ

Carbide is a bit scary how hard it is.

I've taken things made out of hardened steel that someone couldn't drill through at all and milled through it like plastic with a carbide endmill.

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

ChrisJ said:

Lance said:

Remember the cast iron pipe chain cutter. It's a snap to work!

I'd bet @Mad Dog_2 has a chain cutter.
If anyone does, it's him.

First had a Ridgid, then a Reed, then a chop saw with an abrasive blade. Finally graduated to a steel cutting blade on the chop saw. That was the fastest. We used it on aluminum staple-up plates as well.

Choose the wrong link on a Ridgid and they would bind; took awhile to get it operable again. The stone age (in my life) of plumbing.

mattmia2

Doesn't Milwaukee have some carbide tipped blades now too? How do those compare? Diablo always seemed to be marketed as the cheaper home center alternative but I have had decent luck with their circular saw blades.

I have a collection of cobalt steel bits for drilling stainless.

hot_rod

I saw a demo of theses blades at the last AHR show. They outperformed the other "big name" blades.
At least in the booth

gerry gill

They are the best hands down

Danny Scully

We have multiple chain snappers @ChrisJ 🤣

Mad Dog_2

Ratchet cutters, Rex  scissor snap cutters up to 12" I have, but in very tight quarters you're not getting the chain around.  There's always the chance you're gonna crush the C.I. if it's shot.  I prefer a surgical cut.  For Cast Iron in a trench with room, I'm using a Giant Right Angle Grinder we call The Widow Maker.  It takes a 14" Chop saw blade...no safety Guard.  You have to hold tight with two hands and a Kung-Fu Grip or it will hurt you badly.  It slices through C.I. like soft  Irish Butter ☘.  For larger sewers a Gas Partner Saw is fast and clean  and dangerous too!  Mad Dog 🐕 

Gordo

So Mad Dog has officially joined the Diablo Cult.
Welcome, Brother!

Mad Dog_2

Pass the Kool-Aid please..Goofy Grape 🍇 🤪 🤣 Mad Dog 🐕 

realliveplumber

We just picked up a Ridgid 238P. Havent used it yet, but it sure is compact.

Mad Dog_2

I used one of those a few times, but never owned one.  Mad Dog 🐕