Apparatus for supporting a pipe and pipe snapping tool

A support for supporting a pipe to be cut and a pipe snapping tool having a pair of handles and a pair of actuator jaws, the support comprising:

• base support means for supporting a pipe to be cut and the jaws of a pipe snapping tool, comprising elongated main support means and a pair of upwardly opening pipe trays fixedly attached to the main support means and aligned with each other along the longitudinal axis of the main support means, said pipe trays being separated from each other by a predetermined space adjacent the center of the main support means to create a support gap over which the pipe to be cut lies when supported on the pipe trays;
• wall support means attached to the ends of each pipe tray at opposite sides of the support gap and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pipe trays, and facing each other across the support gap, the wall support means spacing the pipe trays on the main support such that the lower jaw of a pipe snapping tool may be positioned between the wall support means, and will lie below a pipe spanning the support gap when supported by the pipe trays;
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• lateral support means releasably attached to and disposed laterally of an substantially perpendicular to the main support means, and being centered between the wall support means, to provide a laterally extending base for one handle of a pipe snapping tool positioned between the wall support means.