"DanG" wrote:


You should be able to adjust the cutting head on your bolt cutter
so that it does not cut through the rod, but rather just mashes
the end.

Thanks, I'm encouraged that it will work. I'm thinking maybe to flatten
grind part of the bolt cutter jaws.

I would like to be able to do the pinching when the rod is in place (I
can't do that on an anvil).