How do you cut aluminum downspout?

[Dan_Musicant]

One of the downspouts from a roof job done a year ago drains right into
the soil next to my foundation. I was thinking of making a drain-away
out of concrete (a bit of concrete work needs to be done right there,
anyway), but I got the idea of routing the downspout out away from the
foundation horizontally.

When the roofers did the job a year ago, I salvaged a couple of extra
10' or so lengths of aluminum downspouting and stashed them in my
garage. I figure I can run a 4' or so length of this from the end of the
downspout coming from the gutter above and route the flow out a few feet
from the foundation and onto my concrete patio where the water won't
sink into the ground at the foundation.

How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
way. What do the pros use? TIA.

Dan

[JoeSpareBedroom]

"Dan_Musicant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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I don't know about the pros, but I use a fine tooth hack saw. It takes a few
minutes per cut, but it works.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

"Dan_Musicant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>

> How can I cut the aluminum? I guess I can work it with a box cutter, but
> I wonder if that's best. The metal is sure to deform if I cut it that
> way. What do the pros use? TIA.
>
> Dan

Hacksaw or a metal cutting blade in a jigsaw

[Dan_Musicant]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:11:34 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net>
wrote:

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:"Dan_Musicant" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message

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Thanks. I have both.

[Steve Barker]

hacksaw

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[Cliff Hartle]

When I worked in construction (In a previous life) we would just poke our
snips or hammer claw into the down spout a few inches away from the final
length and cut around it.

The first resulting cut makes a mess of it but you just keep trimming around
until you hit your mark.

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[Joe]

Sheet metal pros use double cut tin snips, either hand type or
electric depending on work at hand. For cutting any kind of sheet
metal tubing, the weapon of choice. There is simply no other way to
make a nice clean cut in the middle of a 4" water heater vent, for
example, or the downspout tubing in your case. For a one time use, the
price may not justify the tool, so alternatives in this thread might
be adequate. If you're curious about what a double cut snip is, check
out the tools like that at Amazon.com or HarborFreight.com. HTH

Joe

[Ty Hall]

replying to Joe, Ty Hall wrote:
dremel with cut off wheel

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[Micky]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 05:44:01 +0000, Ty Hall
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:

>replying to Joe, Ty Hall wrote:
>dremel with cut off wheel

I don't know how they do it, but they've had aluminum gutters and
downspouts for 50+ years and I doubt many people, I don't anyone used
a dremel.

[Oren]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:13:56 -0400, Micky
<NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>dremel with cut off wheel
>
>I don't know how they do it, but they've had aluminum gutters and
>downspouts for 50+ years and I doubt many people, I don't anyone used
>a dremel.

Tin snips or a hack saw with a fresh blade.

[dpb]

Snips pretty tough to start on downspout.

32 tpi hacksaw blade for the homeowner pretty much the "tool of the
trade" but pro's often will use a chop saw w/ 24 or thereabouts carbide
tip blade. I've used a 12" blade in the Sawzall but you can't be timid
in the approach; _must_ get the foot on the spout surface to keep it
from catching and collapsing it. I've not set one up for it, but I'd
think the sawzall in a vertical position w/ a table would work pretty
well if were doing a bunch.

But, w/ Al, it's so soft and easy to cut, may'st well just use the
hacksaw and go on...

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[Micky]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:12:50 -0500, dpb <no...@non.net> wrote:

>On 05/30/2016 12:36 PM, Oren wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:13:56 -0400, Micky
>> <NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> dremel with cut off wheel
>>>
>>> I don't know how they do it, but they've had aluminum gutters and
>>> downspouts for 50+ years and I doubt many people, I don't anyone used
>>> a dremel.
>>
>> Tin snips or a hack saw with a fresh blade.
>
>Snips pretty tough to start on downspout.
>
>32 tpi hacksaw blade for the homeowner pretty much the "tool of the

That's what I thought of. Snips did seem hard to use on downspout,
and discussing it seemed even harder, so I said "I don't know."

>trade" but pro's often will use a chop saw w/ 24 or thereabouts carbide
>tip blade. I've used a 12" blade in the Sawzall but you can't be timid
>in the approach; _must_ get the foot on the spout surface to keep it
>from catching and collapsing it. I've not set one up for it, but I'd
>think the sawzall in a vertical position w/ a table would work pretty
>well if were doing a bunch.

I cut my water heater into several parts with an imitation sawzall.
The blades might have been cheap too, I don't know, but half way
through I noticed I had no teeth in the part of the blade I was using.
But it cut just as well as it had been!!!! I did the second half of
the job without changing the blade.

[Dean Hoffman]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:12:50 -0500, dpb <no...@non.net> wrote:

A couple of my co workers just use the an oxygen-acetylene torch
to cut aluminum pipe to install flow meters. I don't think they hit
the O2 but don't know for sure. They say it's better than a sawzall.
It's usually 8' pipe with about a 4" diameter hole.


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[Ty Hall]

replying to Micky, Ty Hall wrote:
t of the gutter

[Micky]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:13:56 -0400, Micky
<NONONObobb...@gmail.com> wrote:

I doubt many people, I doubt anyone used a dremel.

When am I going to learn to type.

[cl...@snyder.on.ca]

It's called"friction sawing" and on some material it works just fine.

[cl...@snyder.on.ca]

A rotary lawnmower works pretty good on the extension to lead the
water away from the foundation if you hide it in the grass - - - - -
Not a particularly smooth or clean cut, but - -

[DerbyDad03]

On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 1:44:05 AM UTC-4, Ty Hall wrote:
> replying to Joe, Ty Hall wrote:
> dremel with cut off wheel
>

...and another 10 year old thread gets revived.

I hope the OP hasn't been living with a wet foundation since February 2007.

[Dean Hoffman]

It's efficient doing two jobs at once like that. I screwed up on the
typing.
8' aluminum pipe should've read 8" aluminum pipe. Length varies, or
course,
but is usually under 30 feet. The work is for these:
http://preview.alturl.com/9onhs
One has to cut a big enough hole to get the propeller into the
pipe.

[Ty Hall]

replying to Ty Hall, Ty Hall wrote:
the real pros use a dremel....right minnie....i mean micky

[Oren]

On Tue, 31 May 2016 13:44:01 +0000, Ty Hall
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:

>the real pros use a dremel....right minnie....i mean micky
>

BS. Real pros make gutters and spouts on-site, custom for the home.
Measurements are precise. They can bend raw material and cut where
necessary.

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

On 5/29/2016 10:44 PM, Ty Hall wrote:
> replying to Joe, Ty Hall wrote:
> dremel with cut off wheel

Very carefully..........LOL!

[The Peeler]

It's 'ALUMINIUM', Coronel.

[Ty Hall]

replying to Dan_Musicant, Ty Hall wrote:
_this site sucks i reply ansd its not what i wrote_

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

I didn't do it!
No, wait! Not the anal prod again!
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[Micky]

On Tue, 31 May 2016 13:44:01 +0000, Ty Hall
<caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote:

>replying to Ty Hall, Ty Hall wrote:
>the real pros use a dremel....right minnie....i mean micky

Minnie's my girlfriend. Her grandmother's maiden name was Dremel,
btw.

[Micky]

It might indeed be the sight. Get a nuwsriedr and read nuws directly.

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

On 5/31/2016 12:35 PM, The Peeler wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2016 11:38:58 -0700, serb bitch Razovic, the resident
> psychopath of sci and scj and Usenet's famous sexual cripple, IMPERSONATING
> his master Michael, farted:

>
>
>>>> replying to Joe, Ty Hall wrote:
>>>> dremel with cut off wheel
>>>
>>>
>>> Very carefully..........LOL!
>>
>> It's 'ALUMINIUM', Coronel.
>

> It's always "ANALUMINUM" for YOU, Miss Recktum! LOL
>
LOL

[Wnew813]

replying to Micky, Wnew813 wrote:
I used the Dermal with a cutoff blade, it cut but didn't last long.

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[Tekkie®]

Wnew813 posted for all of us...

>
> replying to Micky, Wnew813 wrote:
> I used the Dermal with a cutoff blade, it cut but didn't last long.
>

So how did the sawing with skin work out? Any scars?

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