opposite 45s on bandsaw

[Bellaireroad]

I’ve got some pipe to cut ...to use as a brace on an inside corner of a frame. I’m cutting this on a Horizontal bandsaw. Opposite 45s on each end of the pipe.

It’s not a problem on angle or square tube, cause the vise lines up the sides, and that cuts are indexed correctly.

Is there a method to line the pipe up so that the cuts are indexed on each end? Or just eyeball it?
Thanks


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[speed bump]

The easiest way to index them is to use a pipe centering head or a v-square. I'm headed to bed so I'll expand on it in the morning if someone else hasn't already.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I'd clamp it down and drag something square with a sharp edge down one side.
on 1st cut, make sure the scratch intersects a square block on the right.
the flip it to intersect on the left for the 2nd cut.

Probably just because I don't have any fancy things.

 

[astroracer]

Use a small level to get the original cut vertical. Plenty close enough for a welded in brace.
Mark

 

[Farrier]

What post #2 said. Most of the time I use the eyeball method

 

[The Cobbler]

if all of the pcs are the same length , rig up a stop and a jig to fit the 45 of the pipe into.

 

[larry_g]

Use a C-clamp to hold it in a piece of angle iron. This gives you a flat surface that is your reference.
lg
no neat sig line

 

[brent5631]

If its hrew or similar welded pipe I eyeball the weld seam. Put the seam at the top and do the same on the other end.

 

[joe49]

Vice grip clamped to tube perpendicular, torpedo leveled off back of handle.
...or piece of plate clamped onto end end with vice grip parallel and into end of tube, level, cut, move to second cut, rotate and level, do second cut.

 

[Bellaireroad]

Thanks, not as elegant as some of the suggestions, but this got me close
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[BD1]

Get yourself a Jackson center finder. Will save time in fit up for sure. This is for reference, might buy for less somewhere else.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Jackson-Safe...-Head-Pipe-Marker-14775-Standard-6/2255152402

 

[jeepinerdeep]

Scrap wood with a 45 cut on it as a stop block.

 

[PugetDude]

If its hrew or similar welded pipe I eyeball the weld seam. Put the seam at the top and do the same on the other end.

+1
I usually use the seam, or snap a centerline on the pipe; just eyeball it with the line on the top. As mentioned above, plenty close enough for a brace. I've done handrail returns this way and they turn out fine.