DIY cable housing cutter

g.daniels

1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
with a
light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
swing.
1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
1 used 14 ga. spoke
1 safety glasses
two eggs, duck.

place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
(not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Ryan Cousineau

In article <41b0dda1.0404261058.178cb525@posting.google.com>,
datakoll@yahoo.com (g.daniels) wrote:

> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Be very very careful smacking tool-hardened steel with a hammer. Chips
of flying metal are bad news. Better make sure that's a soft-faced
hammer you're using.

Given the relatively low price of bypass cutters, I think this isn't the
best DIY technique. If you want to do it that way, I'd go whole-hog,
place the cable on your wood chopping block, and use an axe to go
through the housing and the 14-ga. spoke in one blow. Efficient, tidy,
and no hitting hardened steel with a hammer.

G: if bypass cutters are too expensive in Kamloops, I'll send you the
URL from the Princess Auto catalog.

--
Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

Zog The Undeniable

g.daniels wrote:

> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

I bought some cable cutters from the local hardware store for the
princely sum of 3.50 UKP. They cut cleanly, even on outers. I'm happy.

Jeff Wills

My 12" Vice-Grips' cutter works fine. It squishes the housing some,
but that's pretty easy to reform once the housing's cut to length.

Jeff

datakoll@yahoo.com (g.daniels) wrote in message news:<41b0dda1.0404261058.178cb525@posting.google.com>...
> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Bill

"g.daniels" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41b0dda1.0404261058.178cb525@posting.google.com...
> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

Dremel, no housing to reform.

Me

Use old cable instead of a spoke to prevent the crush, then push the piece
out with the new cable.


"g.daniels" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41b0dda1.0404261058.178cb525@posting.google.com...
> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

dvt

g.daniels wrote:

> 1 asian medium size diagnol wire cutter from the bargain bin
> 1 11 pound engineer's hammer-muy useful. a heavy hammer is effective
> with a
> light tapping blow whereas a lighter hammer takes a coordinated
> swing.
> 1 2x4 block, exotic hardwood if possible.
> 1 used 14 ga. spoke
> 1 safety glasses
> two eggs, duck.
>
> place the housing in the jaws rear edges, squeeze the housing, place
> the diags' head flush on the block but with the handle brought upward
> (not to get your fingers cawt in anything moving here)
> and smack the diags' head with an 11 pound hammer.
> alternative procedure: measure long, cut long then place the spoke
> into the housing and cut housing and spoke to correct length.

mmmm, duck eggs....

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

SDMike

<snip>

Dude. I bought my Shimano cable cutters in the late 80s. They're just now
about to need replacing.

How's that for a $25-ish investment?

M

g.daniels

gee that's swell!
lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
cartridge BB expletive deleted...
four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
nowayjose

wood absorbs the shock.

do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!

SDMike

"g.daniels" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41b0dda1.0404280753.5d3c0995@posting.google.com...
> gee that's swell!
> lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
> hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
> cartridge BB expletive deleted...
> four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
> dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
> endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
> nowayjose
>
> wood absorbs the shock.
>
> do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!

Have it your way. I'll keep cutting cables easier and faster with my Shimano
tool.

M

David Kerber

In article <OhWjc.8253$A27.6803@fed1read06>, mikeshawTWO@cox.net says...
>
> "g.daniels" <datakoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:41b0dda1.0404280753.5d3c0995@posting.google.com...
> > gee that's swell!
> > lemme take another look at my wanna tool list...
> > hmmmm, metric caliper measurement, spring loaded punch, the inevitable
> > cartridge BB expletive deleted...
> > four yards of gore tex, six yards ballistic nylon...
> > dial gauge for the tba DIY wheel stand..,
> > endless but not a $25 cutter.used every three years.
> > nowayjose
> >
> > wood absorbs the shock.
> >
> > do yawl hava lineman's plier: deriguer!
>
> Have it your way. I'll keep cutting cables easier and faster with my Shimano
> tool.

I use my Dremel with a cutoff wheel, and it doesn't take long either.

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g.daniels

two things:

the squeezing is to line up the housings metal surfaces with the
cutter's [sharp] edges, then smack the diag's head. do this
quickly:squeeze, smack. don't run out for donuts.

two, use a hardwood block. a softwood block gives way too much lessing
the blow's force.

three, the idea was not to discourage using a particle decellerator
for housing seperation but to suggest a good method for the
unfortunate's lacking a cable cutter. not that those cretin's wud
seard DIY for an answer but...