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Cutting steel tube
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:08 pm
I bought a power rack but their shipped be the wrong uprights and they are too tall for our basement. Sending them back will be a high pain so I am wondering how hard it would be to cut about 2 inches off of the top of them. Its 4 pieces of 3 inch by 3 inch powder coated 11 gauge square steel tubing. Think like pallet rack uprights.
I don't want to rent or buy a power tool. How difficult will these be to cut by hand with a hacksaw? I do have a sawsall I could try using but I'm concerned about it skittering all over the place before it catches.
I don't know exactly what kind of stell it is, but I can't imagine it's hardened. It's a Titan brand power rack.
I don't want to rent or buy a power tool. How difficult will these be to cut by hand with a hacksaw? I do have a sawsall I could try using but I'm concerned about it skittering all over the place before it catches.
I don't know exactly what kind of stell it is, but I can't imagine it's hardened. It's a Titan brand power rack.
This post was edited on 1/14/21 at 5:21 pm
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:26 pm to TigerFanatic99
Borrow or rent (or buy from Harbor Freight) a portaband and knock it out in 15 minutes.
Or use a cutoff wheel on a grinder.
Hacksaw will be miserable. Sawsall will be pretty difficult as well. Both are capable though. Just work smarter, not harder. Get the right tools.
Or use a cutoff wheel on a grinder.
Hacksaw will be miserable. Sawsall will be pretty difficult as well. Both are capable though. Just work smarter, not harder. Get the right tools.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:26 pm to TigerFanatic99
I’ve used a grinder with a cut off wheel in the past and it’s worked great. I actually ordered some uprights from Titan that were delivered this week. They’re too tall so I was going to cut them down hopefully this weekend.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 5:35 pm to 23
Thanks. I bought the 82inch X-3 and they shipped me the 91 inch which are exactly 1 inch too tall for my basement. I emailed them but do not expect the 82 inch beams to be in stock and I don't want to wait a month or two to get them.
Oddly enough they sent me 300 pounds in lat tower weight plates that I didn't order. Just the plates, nothing else, lol. Also got 4 weight pegs for the rack that I didn't order as well.
Oddly enough they sent me 300 pounds in lat tower weight plates that I didn't order. Just the plates, nothing else, lol. Also got 4 weight pegs for the rack that I didn't order as well.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 6:43 pm to TigerFanatic99
Sawzall with a fresh metal blade will do it. Might take a little longer but try to score a straight line with just the blade first then turn the sawzall on.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:19 pm to TigerFanatic99
Yeah the shipping department at Titan isn’t the best. But they’ve always been really helpful when I’ve had an issue and normally tell me to keep or donate anything extra that they send.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:32 pm to TigerFanatic99
Hacksaw will work fine if that’s all you have. Or use the hacksaw to score the cut then use the saws all .
Or just hold the saws all tight and make the cut.
Or just hold the saws all tight and make the cut.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:43 pm to TigerFanatic99
Angle grinder few cutoff disks
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Posted on 1/14/21 at 7:57 pm to TigerFanatic99
Hacksaw will work fine. Are you sure it's 11ga. that's pretty heavy. Start on a corner.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 9:16 pm to BiggerBear
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Are you sure it's 11ga. that's pretty heavy. Start on a corner.
I haven't put a set of calipers on it but it's advertised as 11 gauge, so it damned well better be.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 9:35 pm to TigerFanatic99
A hacksaw will be an excellent 1st workout.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 9:42 pm to TigerFanatic99
If you were closer I’d lend you a portaband or a grinder... but you have a basement so I know you aren’t near me.
Posted on 1/14/21 at 11:34 pm to TigerFanatic99
Portaband and be done with it.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 6:39 am to TigerFanatic99
I'd spend 20 bucks at harbor freight for an angle grinder and a few cutoff wheels before I went at it with a hacksaw
Posted on 1/15/21 at 9:37 am to TigerFanatic99
If you use a hacksaw, you're gonna end up with one arm a lot bigger than the other! :)
Grinder with the proper blade is probably your cheapest route.
Grinder with the proper blade is probably your cheapest route.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 12:25 pm to Boudreaux35
Yep. A small angle grinder and cutting blade would do the job real quick.
This post was edited on 1/15/21 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 1/15/21 at 1:15 pm to TigerFanatic99
If you don't want to rent or buy as you stated, a small machine shop can knock it out for you.
I had 6 hardened seat belt brackets drilled out for $35 about 1 year ago here in LA.
I had 6 hardened seat belt brackets drilled out for $35 about 1 year ago here in LA.
This post was edited on 1/15/21 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 1/15/21 at 7:52 pm to TigerFanatic99
Sawzall should handle that with no problem.
Posted on 1/15/21 at 8:30 pm to TigerFanatic99
I decided to go ahead and get an angle grinder from Lowes and give it a shot. I'm most concerned with skittering the grinder around on it because shockingly enough the finish is relatively good quality. I'm going to put down a few layers of masking tape down against the cut line to try to prevent that. See if I can do this without losing a limb. I just need to take off about an inch and a quarter off the end of each post.
Posted on 1/16/21 at 7:18 am to TigerFanatic99
I got mine cut yesterday. I’m sure this will sound like common sense but be sure to measure the uprights from the bottom before you cut them. I got the 100” uprights and they didn’t include the base plate in the measurements so it’s really 100.5”. I marked the cut line on all 4 sides and use a cut off wheel. Then just sprayed a little bit of black paint on the ends where I made my cuts.
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