The RIDGID brand of plumbing tools has been around for many years. RIDGID makes the best copper tubing cutters on the market today and most professional plumbers refuse to use anything but RIDGID copper cutters when it comes to working with copper pipe.
There are a few different types of tubing cutters in the RIDGID copper tubing cutter family. This small guide will help you understand what tubing cutter will be right for the job that you are doing. It’s always best to use the right tools for the job to make the job go easy and smooth the first time.
The RIDGID Mini Cutter
The RIDGID mini copper tubing pipe cutter us great for working inside walls and other types of places. Its really not a good idea to use this type of cutter for cutting large amounts of pipe as it’s faster and easier to use one of the bigger tubing cutters that will give you more leverage. This cutter is mainly for cuts here and there in tight places.
The RIDGID Classic no.15 Copper Tubing Cutter
The no.15 RIDGID IS one of the original styles of pipe cutters used to cut copper tubing sizes 3/16 to 1 1/4. This cutter has a replacement wheel that is stored inside of the handle as well. This is the cutter that most plumbing professionals use on a daily basis to cut copper pipe. This style of tubing cutter is great for everyday use of cutting copper pipe. You can use this cutter to cut all types of copper pipe suck as L, M and K copper.
The RIDGID Quick-Cut Copper Tubing Cutter
This copper tubing pipe cutter by RIDGID has all the durability of the traditional no.15 pipe cutter but has a quick release handle so you can adjust the pipe cutter fast and on the fly. This type of pipe cutter is great for people that have medical conditions because it saves all the twisting and turning that the traditional no.15 RIDGID requires to adjust. This type of cutter can also save you time for because of the quick release feature.
The RIDGID Super Grip Tubing Cutter
This copper pipe tubing cutter has all the bells and whistles of the traditional no.15 RDIGID cutter but also has a bonus feature which is the grip handle that turns the adjustment shaft is over sized. This is great for people that have big hands or even like to have a good grip on their cutter.
If you have any questions please post a comment and I will reply.
i trying my hardest to buy a a tube cutter that ranges from 6-66mm. i know ridgid does them as the cat No is 152 but i can’t find a place anywhere to buy iy. could you help me?
kindest redards
Ian Horne
Hi Ian,
Ridgid Tool Company has a distributor locator link on their web site.
Here is a link to the page. http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/Where-To-Buy/
But I see that you are in the UK and no distributors are listed there on the Ridgid Distributor locator.
Here is a link to the Ridgid On-Line Preferred Vendor Page.
http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/Preferred-Online-Vendors/EN/index.htm
Here is a Google search where you might be able to buy them on line.
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_enUS332US332&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ridgid+no.+152
Good luck with your quest..
I can personally attest to it being a great tool
Cheers Redwood., I really do appreciate your help.
Ian,
Glad to help you out! Hope the info helped you get them,
Redwood
Do you need to debur the copper after these cutters?Also do you have any power cutters?Need from 1/4″ to 3/4″.
Thank You
Hi Paul,
Deburring copper tube after cutting is a good practice.
Burrs at a joint can cause turbulence and erosion of the pipe causing pipe failure.
Milwaukee Tools offers the M12 Cordless Copper Tubing Cutter #2471-22 but it only cuts from 3/8″ to 1″ copper tubing with 200 cut per battery charge.
I notice from your e-mail address that you work for a major plumbing parts manufacturer and I’m wondering if you are looking for production cutting and deburring equipment.
I may have some ideas to help you with that task.
Please advise.
Yes I am.I am looking for rga area,which has small volume.Any ideas?
what is the use of the grooves in the tube cutter roller
Hi Owen,
Thanks for posting your question.
The grooves in the roller are primarily used when making cuts on flared tubing when you want to make a cut very close to the flare. I have also used them on small diameter tubing to cut the tube right by a ferrule. But again the primary intention of the design was for flares.
Redwood
thank you for settling the arguement.