On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:48:20 -0000, "half_pint"
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Quoted message said:assuming you can rest the cable on a firm surface, preferably
the ground (on a block of wood or similar) a cold steeel chisel
(and of course a hammer) will give a nice clean cut.
half_wit: nul points.
Resting it on a block of wood is pretty much guaranteed to end up with
a poor cut, the anvil needs to be hard. If you're going to do this
you need something like an aluminium dolly, but you'll proceed to dent
it quite badly. A bit of cast iron might do, provided you don't crack
it with the point loading, or you could always try to mug up some
system which will allow the sharpened cold chisel (a blunt one would
be useless) to *just* miss the metal support and that will give you a
clean cut.
I have something like this that I use. It has a sharp blade like a
sort of abbreviated cold chisel, and a hard steel piece on which you
rest the cable. The sharp blade chops the cable, sliding past the
"anvil" to give a really clean cut. To ensure it doesn't miss the two
are bolted together just tightly enough that the blade can move
relative to the anvil. The hammer bit is rather hit and miss, so it
uses a couple of handles instead, the leverage is easily sufficient to
produce the required force.
The whole assembly looks a lot like this:
http://www.nexternal.com/icycles/images/cablecutter.jpg
It cost me a tenner - much less than my last cold chisel.
Guy
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