Milwaukee 1 Inch Mini Copper Tubing Cutter Review

I've been a master plumber for over 35 years. How many times do you think I've used a tubing cutter on a job site, in a customer's home or to make a video?

Tens of thousands of times.

So who better to review the Milwaukee 1-inch mini tubing cutter than a person like me, right?

For years I struggled with an inferior mini tubing cutter. You need these tools to cut copper tubing in very tight locations. The most common places you'll use this tool are in wall and joist cavities when making repairs to water supply lines. There's just not enough room to swing around a normal-sized tubing cutter.

Fortunately a new tool has arrived that's removed my frustration forever.

Know Your Reviewer

I hope you do realize that many of the current tool reviewers out there, and I'm talking late 2016, are individuals who have never been on a real job site, never have worked in construction as a full-time job, and most definitely do not have decades of real field experience.

Always be sure to visit the About Us page on a tool review website and look at the qualifications of the person writing the review before you put much faith in their opinion of the tool.

Some reviewers write a review without even using the tool. They open it up and take some photos or shoot a video in their workshop. I take the tool and USE IT to see how it performs. But I digress!

Here's the magical tool. It's the absolute BEST mini tubing cutter I've ever used. (C) Copyright 2016 Tim Carter

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Basic Specs

The tool says it can cut tubing from 1/8-inch up to 1 and 1/8 inch. You can see that on a photo just below.

My Test

I used it to cut about 65 pieces of  1/2-inch aluminum tubing for a Trex Transcend deck railing installation. I also tested it cutting pieces of 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch type M copper tubing.

It worked flawlessly cutting both materials.

The chrome-plated rollers are so smooth, they didn't mar the painted aluminum at all. The cutter worked perfectly and the tightening knob was just the right size so it wasn't an effort to tighten the cutting wheel.

You can see the model number and the tool limitations clearly cast into the body. (C) Copyright 2016 Tim Carter

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For years most mini tubing cutters had a round knob. You have to really grip it to tighten. The raised wings on this cutter make it EASY to tighten the knob. (C) Copyright 2016 Tim Carter

It's important to have precision rollers like these to ensure STRAIGHT CUTS. Milwaukee mechanical engineers didn't disappoint. (C) Copyright 2016 Tim Carter

You can see the business end of the tool here. That hardened-steel wheel slices into copper, aluminum and softer EMT tubing like a hot knife in cold butter. (C) Copyright 2016 Tim Carter

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