cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
Grant Erwin wrote: Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE The best method I've tried is to use a whizz wheel and a 4 1/4 inch grinder. It works great on heavy cable and does not distort the end. John |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a
couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
In article , Grant Erwin says...
am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Anyone who cuts rubber hose or cable like that a lot knows another nice trick: Bend the hose or cable in a tight bend, and cut on the outside of the bend. Most trouble happens because the knife gets trapped between the cut ends and develops a lot of friction. If the cut ends are tensioned to spring away, it goes a *lot* easier. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
Grant Erwin wrote:
Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE Never tried that one, but I've cut 2-4SO with a hacksaw before. Works pretty well. As for your method, it sounds like a sacrificial piece of wood on top of the cable might be a good idea to keep from damaging the soft hammer. Pete C. |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
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Grant Erwin wrote: Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE I bet that was the Ashley Book Of Knots. By the way, believe it of not, there is a knot newsgroup... not a whole lot of action there, but whenever someone asks a question, they usually get answered pdq. news:rec.crafts.knots Erik |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
I bet that was the Ashley Book Of Knots. Not. (Pun very intended) Although I do own Ashley, this was a different one. I liked it quite a bit, don't recall the title. By the way, believe it of not, there is a knot newsgroup... not a whole lot of action there, but whenever someone asks a question, they usually get answered pdq. news:rec.crafts.knots Erik I have my hands full with rcm and sejw. But thanks! Grant |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
The best method I've tried is to use a whizz wheel and a 4 1/4 inch grinder. It works great on heavy cable and does not distort the end. John "whizz wheel"? GWE |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:11:19 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote: Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE Primitive hardy tool. |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:14:27 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote: Grant Erwin wrote: Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE Never tried that one, but I've cut 2-4SO with a hacksaw before. Works pretty well. As for your method, it sounds like a sacrificial piece of wood on top of the cable might be a good idea to keep from damaging the soft hammer. Pete C. Several years ago I was project manager on an airport taxiway reconstruction. Being very familiar with the location, I new about an abandoned electrical duct bank that was about to be exposed by the b'hoe. The look on the face of the foreman when I told him about it and handed him my four pound "felling" axe to cut the cables, was priceless. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
cutting thick cable - neat trick, works great
:) You certainly have a mean streak!!!
Gerald Miller wrote: On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:14:27 GMT, "Pete C." wrote: Grant Erwin wrote: Recently on an extended car trip, I spent a couple of days in the home of a couple who have owned a sailboat for many years. On their bookshelf was a good book on knots. I spent a couple of hours enjoyably tying knots, learned a thing or two. Back home, today I had to cut some 10-SO4 cable a couple of times. This cable is maybe 7/8" OD, shielded by heavy black rubber, surrounding 4 10 gauge wires. I am not an electrician and don't own a cable cutting tool. I had up until now done the first hack with my bolt cutters and then nipped off the cut bit by bit with dykes, laboriously. Today I decided to try the method the knot book suggested to cut heavy rope: I caught my hatchet in the bench vise solidly, edge straight up, laid the cable over the edge, and whacked with a 1.5 lb. soft faced hammer. About 3 blows and the cable parted cleanly. Works great! GWE Never tried that one, but I've cut 2-4SO with a hacksaw before. Works pretty well. As for your method, it sounds like a sacrificial piece of wood on top of the cable might be a good idea to keep from damaging the soft hammer. Pete C. Several years ago I was project manager on an airport taxiway reconstruction. Being very familiar with the location, I new about an abandoned electrical duct bank that was about to be exposed by the b'hoe. The look on the face of the foreman when I told him about it and handed him my four pound "felling" axe to cut the cables, was priceless. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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