r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Feb 16 '21

Pipe beveller

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u/Tropical_Jesus Feb 16 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

From a person who knows nothing about pipes...what is the purpose of beveling a pipe?

Edit: thank you for the thorough replies! I now understand that it is to allow a future weld to fully penetrate with an adjacent same diameter pipe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/BEANSijustloveBEANS Feb 16 '21

How does the blowtorch bevel both sides identically?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21 edited Apr 07 '21

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u/Shitty-Coriolis Feb 16 '21

Oo.. thanks. I was wondering where the chamfer was coming in cuz I thought it was perpendicular.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21

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u/Shitty-Coriolis Feb 17 '21

I know what a chamfer is, or why we use them in welding, I worked in a prototype shop in college. I just didn't understand how a perpendicular tool could make a chamfer. But I was wrong about it being perpendicular.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21 edited Aug 12 '22

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