Side Cutters Or Shears...???

[telectrix]

iuse whatever comes to hand first, and if the cable is suspect live, use somebody else's.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Use my snips to strip standard twin and earth up to 6mm.
Use a knife for all LSF and cables above 6mm twin and earth/singles.
Use a knife for SWA, FP200, Tails and Tri Rated

 

[Dustydazzler]

You'll love em, far better than side cutters, I wouldn't be without mine.

im quite enjoying my new ck shears , nice clean cutting action and the small notch on the end is good for stripping cores...
im not convinced they will stay sharp for very long but at just 16£ they are cheap enough to replace

 

[Mike Johnson]

Can't recommend the USAG scissors posted above, the stripping notches do not work on any cable, scissors are sharp enough, but you can get cheaper, gone back to my CK automatic stripper.

 

[123]

im quite enjoying my new ck shears , nice clean cutting action and the small notch on the end is good for stripping cores...
im not convinced they will stay sharp for very long but at just 16£ they are cheap enough to replace

Mine are about 6 years old now and still plenty sharp

 

[MJPD29]

Use snips up to 6mm and shears after that generally. Like to have both in the bag though

 

[DPG]

Hi all. This is a very interesting topic.

Bot alert.

 

[i=p/u]

Ck shears is.my choice. I know guys who have knipex pliers and they use them for everything. It's just getting use to them.

 

[Dustydazzler]

I like my CK shears I have the small and medium size, (i had the large aswell but were too big so flogged them on).
The only issue I find is they dull quite quickly the smaller ones I use most are pretty dull now after about a year use.
But at around 15 quid a pop they are really a throw away item once blunted...

 

[ipf]

I use my nws cutters for stripping my clothes off and cable has well the odd Stanley has well.

I'm wondering who Stanley is.............???

 

[telectrix]

I'm wondering who Stanley is.............???

the thin one:

 

[Mike Johnson]

Beat me to it, but I admit I did not know which was who.

 

[ipf]

the thin one:
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Thanks tel...It had me scratching my head a bit.

 

[123]

I like my CK shears I have the small and medium size, (i had the large aswell but were too big so flogged them on).
The only issue I find is they dull quite quickly the smaller ones I use most are pretty dull now after about a year use.
But at around 15 quid a pop they are really a throw away item once blunted...

What are you cutting with them? Mine are several years old and totally fine, would cut 16mm tails without bother and 10mm T&E also with ease. Limp wrists?

 

[Dustydazzler]

What are you cutting with them? Mine are several years old and totally fine, would cut 16mm tails without bother and 10mm T&E also with ease. Limp wrists?

The small ones I use for cutting everything from twin n earth to coax to Fp cables. I probably have cut other stuff like galv capping with them and maybe the odd steel wire...