DIY cable housing cutter

In article <[email hidden]>,

(g.daniels) said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Be very very careful smacking tool-hardened steel with a hammer. Chips
of flying metal are bad news. Better make sure that's a soft-faced
hammer you're using.

Given the relatively low price of bypass cutters, I think this isn't the
best DIY technique. If you want to do it that way, I'd go whole-hog,
place the cable on your wood chopping block, and use an axe to go
through the housing and the 14-ga. spoke in one blow. Efficient, tidy,
and no hitting hardened steel with a hammer.

G: if bypass cutters are too expensive in Kamloops, I'll send you the
URL from the Princess Auto catalog.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

g.daniels said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

I bought some cable cutters from the local hardware store for the
princely sum of 3.50 UKP. They cut cleanly, even on outers. I'm happy.

My 12" Vice-Grips' cutter works fine. It squishes the housing some,
but that's pretty easy to reform once the housing's cut to length.

Jeff

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Quoted message said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

"g.daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Dremel, no housing to reform.

Use old cable instead of a spoke to prevent the crush, then push the piece
out with the new cable.

"g.daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

g.daniels said:

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

mmmm, duck eggs....

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

<snip>

Dude. I bought my Shimano cable cutters in the late 80s. They're just now
about to need replacing.

How's that for a $25-ish investment?

M

gee that's swell!
lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
cartridge BB expletive deleted...
four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
nowayjose

wood absorbs the shock.

do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!

"g.daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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gee that's swell!
lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
cartridge BB expletive deleted...
four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
nowayjose

wood absorbs the shock.

do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!

Have it your way. I'll keep cutting cables easier and faster with my Shimano
tool.

M

In article <OhWjc.8253$A27.6803@fed1read06>, [email hidden] says...

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"g.daniels" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

gee that's swell!
lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
cartridge BB expletive deleted...
four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
nowayjose

wood absorbs the shock.

do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!

Have it your way. I'll keep cutting cables easier and faster with my Shimano
tool.

I use my Dremel with a cutoff wheel, and it doesn't take long either.

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two things:

the squeezing is to line up the housings metal surfaces with the
cutter's [sharp] edges, then smack the diag's head. do this
quickly:squeeze, smack. don't run out for donuts.

two, use a hardwood block. a softwood block gives way too much lessing
the blow's force.

three, the idea was not to discourage using a particle decellerator
for housing seperation but to suggest a good method for the
unfortunate's lacking a cable cutter. not that those cretin's wud
seard DIY for an answer but...

(g.daniels) said:

the squeezing is to line up the housings metal surfaces with the
cutter's [sharp] edges, then smack the diag's head. do this
quickly:squeeze, smack. don't run out for donuts.

Why would I bother if not for donuts? Do other toroidal shaped foods
qualify?

Quoted message said:

two, use a hardwood block. a softwood block gives way too much lessing
the blow's force.

I've never met a softwood block that's given me anything of value.

Quoted message said:

three, the idea was not to discourage using a particle decellerator
for housing seperation but to suggest a good method for the
unfortunate's lacking a cable cutter. not that those cretin's wud
seard DIY for an answer but...

There's no excuse for not having a dremel (or reasonable facsimile).
--
Rick Onanian