How to cut steel braided cable
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Another easy way of doing it, if you don't have a cut-off wheel handy is with a cold chisel. Just wrap the cable with tape like described above to keep the threads from fraying. Set it on a solid piece of stock, or concrete works sometimes, put the cold chisel in the middle of your taped section and hit it with a hammer. It generally cuts very easily. Hope this helps. | Another easy way of doing it, if you don't have a cut-off wheel handy is with a cold chisel. Just wrap the cable with tape like described above to keep the threads from fraying. Set it on a solid piece of stock, or concrete works sometimes, put the cold chisel in the middle of your taped section and hit it with a hammer. It generally cuts very easily. Hope this helps. | ||
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| + | I have found that, cutting cable of less than 1/4 inch cleanly. Wrap the cable with electrical tape like others have said. Then take a block of hard wood (6 inch 2x2 is ideal) and stand it up in a vice. Drill a hole a bit larger than the cable about 1 inch from the end. Turn the block 90 degrees and using the hacksaw cut down threw the wood, past the hole. Feed the cable threw the hole and cut. If I need to I use super-glue in the end of the cable, leave over night to setup. | ||
A word of caution - when using the cut off wheel, make sure you are wearing eye protection as little pieces of stainless steel will go flying. As far as bloody finger tip - sorry, you take your chances with braided cable, but good mechanics' gloves will help some. | A word of caution - when using the cut off wheel, make sure you are wearing eye protection as little pieces of stainless steel will go flying. As far as bloody finger tip - sorry, you take your chances with braided cable, but good mechanics' gloves will help some. | ||
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