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      He literally points out that the recip is quieter, and he’s got it chopped in seconds, so the fractions of such that a grinder’d offer are negligible. If anything, I’m curious what the comparative battery-life is between a reciprocating saw & angle grinder, but that’s even more pedantic, honestly. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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    Aren’t the criminals the one’s putting up the cameras? The heroes are actually the ones taking them down.

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      Only antifa criminals would do this.

      If you are an anti-antifa American who loves how much the government surveils us all and violates our constitutional rights, then you would never do anything like this.

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      The people taking them dawn are heroes and criminals. “Criminal” just means they’re not aligned with the law, not that they’re in some way immoral. In a country as corrupt as this, it’s a title to be worn proudly.

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      I think its the funny way of saying how its done without condoning it publicly.

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      These things are a pain to use. Especially the cheap ones require more force than you’d expect and occasionally get stuck. They make a good clean cut but it’s so slow and awkward that if you were wanting to do vandalism they’re impractical relative to a reciprocating saw or better yet portable band saw.

      I also wouldn’t underestimate the power of spray paint, even though it’s simple to fix it’s still expensive when the contract specifics all the maintenance must be done by flock themselves.

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      And slower. Great for plumbing, not so much a 3" aluminum post with 1/4" walls

      But hey, I might be wrong. 30yrs in the trades, but I’ve never tried cutting down an aluminum post with a pipe cutter

      Also if the method varies from person to person, or one person uses a unique method, it’s easier to get multiple vandalism charges to stick

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        Hey, totally unrelated, but how does one cut copper pipes mounted close to the wall?

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            Cool. I saw those at the store when buying drill bits. Didn’t know what they were. Thanks.

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          There’s a tool that attaches to your drill or impact driver. Kinda expensive, but when you NEED it, it’s worth every penny.

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              Its a big part of why plumbers cost money. Like the auto shop guys, a lot of money gets spent on tools that get used maybe once or twice a year, sometimes less. But you must own them to do the work.

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          wet the post with gallium and put a piece of duct tape over it, i’ll fall over in an hour. no tools

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            Where would get Gallium? I saw a youtubr video of some dude (mark something, I think) and he did this to aluminium cans. Always wanted to try that.

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      Would a straight cut be easier to add a union joint to and thus make the cost of repair slightly lower?

      I guess it would depend on priorities

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        Nah, they wouldn’t bother repairing the tube regardless of how it’s cut. If they did and the repair broke, hitting someone, they’d have to take the liability. For a company with their funding, a length of ally tube and the cost to dig it into the ground is fuck all.

        edit to add: but multiplied by hundreds of them being cut down, it’s not not fuck all. and it’s funny.