General ToolsPVC Pipe Cable Saw #858-24-Inch - Serrated and Cuts PVC, PE, and ABS Pipes - Hand Tools, Orange, Silver

I recently bought an office chair that had very aggressive lumbar support. Due to the design, I was unable to remove it and it was too tight for a saw. The lumbar support holder was 2 inches of thick hard plastic. It was able to get through about 1/2 an inch of it then the cable broke. I grabbed a glove and held the shredded side and went at it again. It broke again about at the 1-inch mark. I repeated these steps with the other half and got to 3/2 of an inch and by then I could just rip it off with my hand. I didn't want to upload any pictures as to miss lead people into thinking it's junk and broke.Did it work for my odd job? yes, and it was worth the $6.Would this cut through PVC pipe? Oh easily and efficiently. I would reckon it would be great for light home projects. Would reccomend!

I bought this to cut a pipe off flush with an already installed Y joint in a plumbing drain system. It's impossible to start the cut precise with this so I used my sawzall to cut a small straight line in the pipe where I wanted to start. After that this was able to cut thru the 1.5" PVC pipe in about 5 seconds. Does warp the wire but I used it a second time with no issues. Even if it was 1 and done it was still worth the $5.

Thankfully it gave up on the last cut. But it was only good for one project. About 12 cuts maybe 13. 🤔 through 1.5 Inch pvc. I didn't think it would bite as well as it did and it cut a pretty straight line. For $5 it did its job and I didn't have another plan for it but would have liked for it to have lived a little longer.

I was excited to receive this cable saw until I discovered that it doesn't cut PVC no matter what sawing technique you use! I even tried laying a two foot scrap of 3" inch PVC sideways on the floor, and held the pipe down with both feet, and began pulling the cable back and forth with all my strength as fast and furiously as I could for at least three minutes, and nothing happened. The only thing the cable did was put metallic black marks on the sides of the PVC tube. The cable is so smooth and slippery, that it won't stay in place, nor does it create the necessary friction and heat to begin cutting the pipe. No matter how fast or slow you saw, the wire cannot break thru a PVC's shinny outer surface. In other words, it's not a saw, not serrated, and hence a total waste of money!

I had used one of these a long time ago when I worked on a golf course maintenance crew. Seemed to work well on inground irrigation pipe. However I needed this to shorten the length of a large, septic inspection pipe and it was more than it could handle. Finally just plugged in the saw and took care of things. I think this would be OK for smaller, thinner diameter pipe. It got so hung up in what I was doing I ended up throwing it out with the piece of pipe I cut off.

Great product. ALSO, AMAZON SHOULD INCLUDE THE COST OF TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON ALL PRODUCTS.

If you have a quick job and are really just going to use it for that one quick job, its hard to see oneself investing in a pvc cutting tool, especially when you need the right size. This old standby has always been a quick, cheap, and easy way to cut pvc pipe. It takes seconds to do and can be done easily. Here's the deal. Its not easy to cut with this tool either straight or with precision. I tend to think of this as more of a rough cut tool where you have some flexibility in the length you're trying to span.Would I buy this again? Absolutely, I have in a lifetime bought this same type of tool 3 times. And I'll probably buy it again, but because I've only needed it in a pinch. An actual pvc cutting tool however will cut clean, quick, and ON your measurement line in a straight line, IF you invest in the tool.

Just what I needed to slice a 2” pvc pipe that was in a tight spot. Cut through pipe in less than 1 minute!