Cutting stool legs?

[Akshay]

Hi can anyone recommend what kind of saw to use for cutting short some metal bar stools? I bought some from ebay for my breakfast bar but they're a little too high for the worktop so I was thinking of taking off a couple of inches from the base. They're tubular steel roughly 2mm thickness.

 

[big-all]

heeellloo Akshay

providing there is no structural connection in the area concerned

i would suggest place several layers of tape over the area to want to cut mark all round and cut with a fine tooth hacksaw

the tape will not only help guide the blade it will help stop accidental dammage to the surrounding area

 

[WabbitPoo]

Is it at all possible to cut the 4 legs at once (stuck together with tape, perhaps? That way they should all end up the same length and hence no wobble.

 

[Hitachimad]

A hacksaw fitted with a 24tpi blade will work a treat. Dont forget to clean up the burrs from the cut to prevent it damaging your flooring.

Like Bigall mentioned, a bit of masking tape or similar will protect from a stray hacksaw blade

 

[BoxBasher]

If it is tubular, why not try a pipe cutter?

 

[breezer]

not if its square tube

 

[Softus]

Pipe cutter is the best way.

 

[oilman]

Not if it's a square tube

 

[breezer]

Not if it's a square tube

I said that on Sunday, (Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:02 ) come on oilman, wake up

 

[Softus]

Pipe cutter is the best way.

 

[^woody^]

Can a pipe cutter cut square tube?

 

[Softus]

Can a pipe cutter cut square tube?

There's no such thing as square tube, but if you mean square hollow section steel, then the answer is no.

 

[gcol]

There's no such thing as square tube, but if you mean square hollow section steel, then the answer is no.

Funny - these guys reckon there is. http://action-storage.co.uk/benches/squaretube.asp

 

[Softus]

There's no such thing as square tube, but if you mean square hollow section steel, then the answer is no.

Funny - these guys reckon there is. http://action-storage.co.uk/benches/squaretube.asp

Oh really? Is this the dictionary according to some-randomly-selected-company-that-happens-to-have-a-web-site?

I notice that their conviction is so strong that they have to call it "Square Tube".

If they were right, then regular tubing would be called "Round Tube".

 

[gcol]

Casts out..... reels in.