When I questioned the machinist we were standing right in front of a horizontal band saw. That's what gave me the idea to begin with. He said cutting stainless pipe is very difficult with a band saw. He mentioned that the blade would not cut the pipes because of a few different reasons. I'm know expert but I wasn't gonna question him, Plus didn't want to add any extra designs to a set of $600 pipes. Of course, this machine shop is at my work. And home projects seem to pile up on this guy. Maybe that was his way of saying "get lost kid, you're bothering me"
