Toolkit

[bahco]

i would invest in some bahco snips if i were you mate.....ive tried knipex there good but once you use bahco i could never go back......bit more expesive but life time guarantee and very sharp!

 

[Sparky_Ben]

Ok I will look into that where to buy from though ? any links?

 

[bahco]

city electrical do quite a good range, your better off buying them from a local wholesaler tbh mate, when they go blunt you just take them back and swop them, if you buy them online you cant do that

 

[Sparky_Ben]

ok thanks thers a city electrical near me so I will have a look in one day after college

 

[OilBeDamned]

what would that spanner be used for and any links for where to get thm?

Mostly for when your tubing to boxes and using the bush to link upto the coupling.

 

[LukeScotty]

is there only a years gurantee on them ?

 

[bahco]

no mate life time!

or in my case till i leave them in a loft haha

 

[Sparky_Ben]

i have just looked for them bahco snips on the city electrical website but it doesnt say that they are VDE rated? is this right?

 

[bahco]

they do a few different ones, the ones ive got are rated upto 1000v....cant miss them bright orange handles i think the ones that arnt vde are the black and orange handle ones may be wrong though

 

[Sparky_Ben]

yes it is the orange and black handles on the internet they maybe just havnt got them on their site but I will look into it and go in the shop

 

[WarrenG]

Never tried Bahco and as previously posted a big fan of knipex (each and to their own and all that) but here is a link for some Bahco's

Bahco 180mm insulated side cutters 2101S-180 :: Toolman Yardley, tools ,bahco tools, C.K,stanley tools, estwing,stabila, marshalltown, bosch, knipex, trend, irwin,draper, fluke, monument, kamasa, fisco, silverline, rothenberger, irazola screwdrivers,

Bush Spanner link:

Bush Spanner

 

[Sparky_Ben]

I have been looking for the knifes today and I found a kinpex cable knife, has anyone used one on here? the reason I looked for a cable knife was because my tutor at college told us that a stanley blade wouldnt be allowed on certain building sites?

anyone on here used this

RJ45/RJ11/RJ12 Crimp Tool - CK Tools High Quality from The Crimp Company

seems good really however I dont know what them numbers and letters mean for the different crimps would that be all I would potentially come across.?

 

[WarrenG]

I have been looking for the knifes today and I found a kinpex cable knife, has anyone used one on here? the reason I looked for a cable knife was because my tutor at college told us that a stanley blade wouldnt be allowed on certain building sites?

anyone on here used this

RJ45/RJ11/RJ12 Crimp Tool - CK Tools High Quality from The Crimp Company

seems good really however I dont know what them numbers and letters mean for the different crimps would that be all I would potentially come across.?

Ben a simple stanley knife will do what you want and you would only need to use a knife on large cable anyway (to help remove the sheathing) some large SWA for example. So why not save your money and buy a stanley knife for now? Chances are that you would find plenty of use for the stanely knife other than cable which you probably couldn't do with the Knipex. And probably wouldn't want to do with the Knipex one anyway.

Can't see a building site not letting you in with a staney blade, how do the carpet fitters get on? If so news to me?

Crimping tools are another great tool, but once again there is a whole range of them for different sizes of cable and different types of crimps.

Some types of Insulated crimps:

Insulated Crimp Lugs

Some crimp tools:

Ratchet Crimp Tools

If you are looking for a standard crimp tool then the top one on that list covers 1.5mm - 6.0mm

You will see on the crimp tool different coloured codes for different sized crimps.

Hope this helps!

Warren

 

[Sparky_Ben]

yes that helps alot I thought it would be weird not being allowed a stanley blade so I will go for one of them. If they do more jobs than just one I would imagine this would be better I am new to the trade so was just wanting to know what is acceptable and what is good to have.
thanks

 

[OilBeDamned]

I have been looking for the knifes today and I found a kinpex cable knife, has anyone used one on here? the reason I looked for a cable knife was because my tutor at college told us that a stanley blade wouldnt be allowed on certain building sites?

anyone on here used this

RJ45/RJ11/RJ12 Crimp Tool - CK Tools High Quality from The Crimp Company

seems good really however I dont know what them numbers and letters mean for the different crimps would that be all I would potentially come across.?

Very few sites have a no stanley knife policy, the only ones I can think of are BAE,BP and Shell sites. They want you to use a lockable blade. Get a stanley with a locking blade (the ones with the small yellow wheel on the side) and thats you covered.

That crimper will more than likely sit in your bag unless your going to be building network systems. A fair bit of money to splash out on something your very unlikely to use at this time.