Hello all,
I would very much appreciate input from anyone on the subject of beveling, mainly for pipe/tube and for aluminum and steel.
A little background: I've gathered lots of 1-1/2", 2", & 3" pipe, all Schedule 40, steel and 6061-T6. At work, the company and shop are very small and they encourage me to take any scrap/remnants home if i wish. What are some good ways to get a good bevel on lots of pipe? I find that it takes a ridiculous amount of time to try to use a grinder and the result is wildly inconsistent and basically unworkable.
There are a couple ways to do it.... a lathe is one option... a lathe chuck on a bearing to rotate by hand... a pipe threader is another. Still have to do most with a grinder but if you can clamp it in a 3 jaw chuckand get it to spin freely the grinder will do most of the work.
Thanks, JD! A lathe is at the top of my list, but a 3 jaw chuck should be pretty easy to find. Great idea
You mentioned using a pipe threader. I used to do a lot of pipe threading and always wondered if there was some dies or attachment made for beveling. It seems like it would be much easier to make dies with simple 30⁰ or 37.5⁰ cutting edges, with more length of cut versus the actual NPT dies. The threading machine I had to work on made the worst mess with the cutting fluid lol there was zero chance of removing the fluid from the pipe afterward, no matter what you did to try and clean it off.
That would be nice! I don't know of anything like that tho. I wonder if you could have the die teeth pieces sharpened like a lathe tool and that could prep the outside. I think the ridgid threader teeth are hss, probably could make some out of hss bar stock. I would buy it if they made one!!