Really cheap tool for cutting armoured cable housings well

[PurpleFrog]

1. Cut with ordinary cutters

2. Poke with reamer (I used the cutter and reamer and my multitool*)

3. File the ends as per normal but with one of these:

http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?P_ID=1958

- a diamond coated whetstone for sharpening high end knives made out of seriously hard steel. All you need is the smallest one and that's £6. It ate its way through the steel cable armour. (If you do this, wash ad dry the stone between cables, or the swarfy will up the texture in the stone and make it less aggressive.)

*A SOG Powerlock with geared pliers/cutters that my girlfriend gave after I beat the scum at the Inland Revenue up after they spent a year trying to bankrupt her for money she didn't owe while she was seriously ill. Charming people.

 

[IDB1]

Or just use a cable cutter.

 

[perry]

Or just use a cable cutter.

And end up with spongy vague brakes or sticky shifting because the ends need to be square to the frame stops for a good quality feel and if the ends aren't finished they tend to grip the cable .

 

[IDB1]

None of mine are spongy. . . V or canti.. or is that not the type of (brake) cable this is about?

 

[Steve Kish]

He probably means SIS-type gear cable housing that's far more crucial than the brake stuff.

I chop mine and finish them with a Dremel flat disc.

 

[PurpleFrog]

He probably means SIS-type gear cable housing that's far more crucial than the brake stuff.

I chop mine and finish them with a Dremel flat disc.

I'd run out of reinforced cutting disks. (I tried a regular that was supposed to be good for steel but it shattered.) If this happens to you and you have a good knife sharpening stone around - the diamond coated stuff you need for good knifes - then this is definitely worth trying.

 

[dyna-ti]

Or just use a cable cutter.

And end up with spongy vague brakes or sticky shifting because the ends need to be square to the frame stops for a good quality feel and if the ends aren't finished they tend to grip the cable .

Funny :?
Thats what the bicycle industry uses to a man

No offense to anyone,but these ideas for cutting are getting increasingly elaborate
I've been using cable cutters i bought for £5,even after using them to remove 60 odd DT stainless steel spokes it's still cutting cables cleanly.
Snip-Done
Set up Dremel/Diamond/hand grinder/pliers/electrical tape/etc etc
Theres a point where it becomes an obsession

 

[IDB1]

The indexing works fine on some cable cut cables here too..

Horses for courses though.. if it works, and you dig it. . . why not