Jones Stephens Corp J44-150 Jones Stephens 1-1/2" Ram Bit Saver

Worked well. Was able to salvage the existing pipe fitting and connect a new pipe without having to cut the whole thing out and extend pipes inside the wall.

Thank god this thing exists. Bored out 1.5" socket on a main trap drain and put a new sink drain in it. Yes it's rough and yes it leaves it a little oversized. Use a few coats of cement on both parts of the pipe and joint. Primer, glue, let dry and then repeat 2-3x to build up the surface before final glue. Worked well no leaks.

Bought this item after looking at it on a YouTube video. I am a DIYer so I practiced on a old PVC joint before using, which helped figure out exactly how to use it. Gotta say, it was well worth the money, and very easy to use. I was surprised how sturdy the tool is - especially for the price. If you have to reuse a joint this tool works great at cleaning out the existing pipe. The only issue, it did not fit my regular go to drill as the stem was too large for it, and had to use my 1/2" power drill. This is the reason for the 4 stars on ease of use, as I am glad I had the larger drill.

Worked great. Saved a ton of work. Remodeling bathroom, had double sink vanity that installing plumbers had to offset the plumbing to match sink and rough-in. New cabinets will be separate and used this to get back to original rough-in condition of the drain without damaging the wall.Note on operation, cut pipe as close to the fitting as possible without cutting fitting. Use drill on high speed. First drain went with slow speed and took a little effort. On second drain, I put drill on high speed and this cutter went through old pipe like a hot knife through butter, so be careful, keep your drill level, check your progress frequently so you do not to go too far.The value of the work and fittings eliminate by cutting the old pipe out of the socket was far greater than the cost of this tool.

This tool isn't for everybody because the average person will only need it once in a lifetime. But I im a professional handyman. And there is nothing else that can do what this tool does. I had a sink in an old hospital that some one had converted the old cast iron into abs the sealed the wall back up. All of the abs pipe was glued so to repair the pipe I had to cut it saving only the piece attached to the cast iron. Well I purchased this lifesaver and hope for the best because the pipe was really old and brittle this thing fit right in the fitting and chewed the old pipe right out leaving the coupling completely usable. I was overly surprised by how something so simple works so good.

I am doing a renovation of one of our bathrooms which has double sinks. I was worried when the new vanity drains didn't line up with the old p-traps. I thought for sure I would have to call in the professionals to get the plumber redone. I found out about the Ram Bit from watching some YouTube videos. I was happy to see this bad boy on Amazon and could get it in 2 days... It looked easy enough to do, so I thought I would give it a try. I am so happy I did! This bit is well designed and did the job for me! Just line up the bit at the cut off pipe and bore out the fitting so you can slide a new pipe in. I used some one step glue and pieced everything together. Now I have 2 amazing new vanities and no leaks! Highly recommend this if you need to change plumbing and don't have a stub out or …

An awesome tool. The way the tool is made, it centers itself perfectly inside the inside diamter of the pipe that needs to be drilled out of your fitting. Leaves an almost perfect socket for your new pipe. I tried several methods to get an old pipe from an 1.5 inch pvc fitting. To include heating it, chipping it and some other YouTube style recommendations. This took beats all other methods hands down. Being able to drill out a "new" socket for a new stubout saved me from a ton of drywall work.This is one of those tools that won't get used much, but when you need it there is absolutely no substitute!

I bought this item to replace an old one that just wasn't cutting like it is supposed to. I work in a metal plating facility and we have miles of schedule 80 pipe and fittings, the majority being inch and a half pipe. Don't even think about using this with your battery powered hand drill, it's too difficult to hold a fitting and the drill steady. The best way I have found is to use a drill press and a large drill press vise or a large pair of channel locks. When beginning to bore out some old pipe out of a fitting, you really have to lean on it to get the bit started, but once the bit goes beyond the first disk and the cutting part of the disk enters the fitting it starts to cut the old pipe into ribbons that wrap around the bit. Turn the drill press off, lift the bit out of the fitting …