Side Cutters or cable Shears

[Dustydazzler]

So for cutting , stripping and preparing cable what is your prefered tool

Cable side cutters

Cable shears

 

[UNG]

What type of cable

 

[Dustydazzler]

pvc/pvc

 

[7029 dave]

T&E = side cutters
SWA = Knife, hacksaw, side cutters ( SWA 10mm> cable croppers)
MICC= hacksaw, side cutters,Ringing tool, potting tool
Tails= cable croppers

 

[buzzlightyear]

keep these in the van just in case in need a fry up.

 

[Strima]

Looking at some installations I think they’ve used a starved rat.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Or you came along after this guy ?

 

[telectrix]

nicely damaged insulation on the white. what a plonker. i could do better with a blunt kitchen knife.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I have seen a few YouTube tutorials U.S and U.K where they show someone munching around the cable with pliers to chew through the outer insulation.
must be a new method as I certainly wasn’t shown this way

 

[loz2754]

Sorry @Dustydazzler but it's not a fair poll.
There are so many different types of cable, each with its preferred stripping method and tool.
I use both sidecutters and shears, 2 different automatic stripping tools, and a rotary stripping tool and sometimes a knife.

 

[telectrix]

Sorry @Dustydazzler but it's not a fair poll.
There are so many different types of cable, each with its preferred stripping method and tool.
I use both sidecutters and shears, 2 different automatic stripping tools, and a rotary stripping tool and sometimes a knife.

and he's missed out teeth.

 

[7029 dave]

and he's missed out teeth.

Knew somebody who did that and was killed by electrocution, alas he was not an electrician.

 

[loz2754]

Was he a rat?

 

[telectrix]

I can't do it anymore. lost 4 teeth to a 6mm SWA.

 

[7029 dave]

Just a young lad tragic.