CSST Cutter -- Occupational Health & Safety

RIDGID

CSST Cutter

RIDGID®'s new Model 151-CSST cutter is designed for making clean, smooth cuts to corrugated, stainless-steel gas tubing (CSST). The cutter features floating nylon guide wheels that run on the corrugations of the track while cutting the flexible gas tubing. A quick-acting mechanism allows the cutter to rapidly adjust from 3/8- to 1-inch diameter CSST.

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