Pipe cutting tool and methods for use

An apparatus for cutting a pipe, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a base comprising a pipe support having at least one set of lower rollers;
• (b) an upper frame supporting a cutting apparatus and at least one upper roller, the upper frame being moveable relative to the base between an open position in which the pipe may be inserted between the at least one set of lower rollers and the at least one upper roller, and a clamping position in which the pipe is in contact with the at least one set of lower rollers and the at least one upper roller;
• (c) the cutting apparatus comprising a grooving member configured to provide an annular groove on an outer surface of the pipe, a cutting member configured to cut the pipe, and a chamfering member configured to provide a chamfer on the outer surface of the pipe between a location of the annular groove and a location of the cut in the pipe;
• (d) a drive motor drivingly connected to at least one roller of the at least one set of lower rollers;
• and,
• (e) an actuator operatively connected to the drive motor
• wherein the upper frame is repositionable relative to the base between a first orientation in which the grooving member is located closer to a first end of the base than the cutting member, and a second orientation in which the cutting member is located closer to the first end of the base than the grooving member, whereby a first and a second end of the pipe can be grooved, chamfered, and cut without rotating the pipe, relative to the base, about an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the pipe.

An apparatus for cutting a pipe, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a base comprising a pipe support having at least one set of lower rollers;
• (b) an upper frame supporting a cutting apparatus and at least one upper roller, the upper frame being moveable relative to the base between an open position in which the pipe may be inserted between the at least one set of lower rollers and the at least one upper roller, and a clamping position in which the pipe is in contact with the at least one set of lower rollers and the at least one upper roller;
• (c) the cutting apparatus comprising a grooving member configured to provide an annular groove on an outer surface of the pipe, a cutting member configured to cut the pipe, and a chamfering member configured to provide a chamfer on the outer surface of the pipe between a location of the annular groove and a location of the cut in the pipe;
• (d) a drive motor drivingly connected to at least one roller of the at least one set of lower rollers;
• and,
• (e) an actuator operatively connected to the drive motor
• wherein the grooving member comprises offset first and second grooving members located on either side of the cutting member, and wherein the chamfering member comprises offset first and second chamfering members located on either side of the cutting member such that each offset chamfering member is positioned between a grooving member and the cutting member.