SWA, hacksaw or cutters?.

[GrannySmiff]

Quick question do you use hacksaw or cutters like in this diy wiki Terminating SWA - DIYWiki I was taught to use hacksaw as cutters does something bad but can't remember what the something bad was.

I think I could do a neater job with cutters?.

 

[Spudnik]

Thats why you are here

Hacksaw & stan.

 

[nickblake]

i take you you are refering to cutting the Armour not chopping it in half , i have tried the blade runner but found it wasnt very strong , so its hacksaw and stanley knife , and SWA shears to cut it, oh and the bad thing i does to cutters is blunts them very quickly and can also twist the armour if its a smaller size

 

[roukel01]

agree, hacksaw & Stan every time.

 

[telectrix]

big cutters are ok as you're only cutting the end off. personally i use hacksaw or ratchet cutters, and stanley knife. for cutting the armour ready to gland, hacksaw halfway thru, snap off. any missed snip with the old CK snips

 

[GrannySmiff]

Yes sorry I am talking about cutting amour ready to go into the gland not cutting the wole thing.

So nobody would recomend that wiki method which is just strip back the sheath to reveal armour and cut individually with cutters? I can see this might mangle them a bit but maybe not. Hmmmmm.

 

[Skybluesam]

I Find using a junior hacksaw better than cutters far easier to make the glads, breaks off the wire clean where as cutters bend the wire this makes it harder to screw the gland nut on to the fitting.

 

[GrannySmiff]

I agree with junior hacksaw over hacksaw as hacksaw is to big for the job.

 

[Hawk81]

hacksaw blades are cheaper to buy than replacing side cutters. plus i think its quicker to use a hacksaw

 

[nickblake]

now were talking no problem with missing a strand with this lol

 

[telectrix]

I agree with junior hacksaw over hacksaw as hacksaw is to big for the job.

depends on cable size. not like to do 240mm with junior!

 

[telectrix]

there's a little tool available. it's like a plumbers pipe cutter, but with a minature hacksaw blade. not very good but useful in a confined space where you can't get junior hacksaw round the cable

 

[Spudnik]

The problem with cutters, is they can bend the ends of each strand and cause problems when trying to fit the gland.

 

[telectrix]

now were talking no problem with missing a strand with this lol

nick. i got some neighbour's leylandi want pruning. how's you and the dinky saw fixed?

 

[Guest123]

Hack 'n' Stan, every time.