sheath cutters for 3 core flex

[lordyjordy]

Hi everyone

can any one tell me a good tool for cutting the outer sheath on 3 core flex between .75 and 1.5mm. also 5 core flex 1mm as well

I always seem to catch the inner cables.

have seen this but does it work?

Jokari cable stripper - Coaxial : Carl Kammerling International

cheers

 

[Silly Sausage]

who said i was a grandad?
im 40 years of age about 17 stone and when i chase walls the whole house rattles.....
capish....

Grandad?!?!
Hasn't had a girlfriend yet.
State my 14 year was in last...could've got lucky!

 

[Rockingit]

yet another thread from a Electrical Trainee coming on here and asking for the basic skills I learnt in my first week as an apprentice. Snips! Just learn how to use them properly. In six months time you'll be asking us about how to gland off an armoured, so it would help if you get some practice in now on the basic stuff before we let you loose with a hacksaw.

:banghead:

 

[telectrix]

hmm, job i was on a while ago, the cut had to be perfect. any sheath cut with snips was rejected by main contractor (germans). vorsprung der tw4ts.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

yet another thread from a Electrical Trainee coming on here and asking for the basic skills I learnt in my first week as an apprentice. Snips! Just learn how to use them properly. In six months time you'll be asking us about how to gland off an armoured, so it would help if you get some practice in now on the basic stuff before we let you loose with a hacksaw.

:banghead:

yeah....then when they dont like the reply you give....you gets a load of old gob of em....

 

[Rockingit]

hmm, job i was on a while ago, the cut had to be perfect. any sheath cut with snips was rejected by main contractor (germans). vorsprung der tw4ts.

On some flexes it's impossible to get a precision clean cut due to the shape of the sheath - if it caves into the middle then you're always going to have an element of pull and tear for the last few thou'. But point taken - there will always be exceptions to the norm!

 

[DaveyD]

Hi everyone

can any one tell me a good tool for cutting the outer sheath on 3 core flex between .75 and 1.5mm. also 5 core flex 1mm as well

I always seem to catch the inner cables.



have seen this but does it work?

Jokari cable stripper - Coaxial : Carl Kammerling International

cheers

Yes LJ. I use that and they work really well. Very fast and no nicks. They work perfectly on the 1.5mm 3 core and 5 core control cable.
Hope that helps.
Regards, Dave

 

[DPG]

who said i was a grandad?
im 40 years of age about 17 stone and when i chase walls the whole house rattles.....
capish....

I'm intrigued - what's the significance of your weight?? Where did that come from? Daz

 

[DaveyD]

I'm intrigued - what's the significance of your weight?? Where did that come from? Daz

Too many pies

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I'm intrigued - what's the significance of your weight?? Where did that come from? Daz

part pies part graft...

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

My set of Knipex snips does it simple enough. On the subject of snips has anyone used those god awful CK ones with the holes in?

I have a pair that have the 3.5 screw cutter which is so handy, however I have used the 6 in 1 wonder ones and didn't like them! To have to nibble through even a 2.5 let alone a like a 6mm is a pain!

 

[Rockingit]

My set of Knipex snips does it simple enough. On the subject of snips has anyone used those god awful CK ones with the holes in?

I have used the ck snips, the 180mm combi 3, stripping holes and pattress shears, they are fantastic but only as a second fix tool. A site I'm on at moment, every back box requires screws cutting back a bit, a life saver on its own.
I must admit it took me a day or two to get used to it fully but is great for me now.
For all other cutting, first fix etc I use bahco 180mm snips.

I have a pair that have the 3.5 screw cutter which is so handy, however I have used the 6 in 1 wonder ones and didn't like them! To have to nibble through even a 2.5 let alone a like a 6mm is a pain!

I got a pair of the 180mm ones a couple of months ago after previous 'plain' ones had had it. Took me a few days to get used to them (and I did have a couple of accidents in the process!) but have to say I wouldn't go back. I use a set of basic cable shears/croppers for first fix work anyway, so it's really the 'all in one hand' that comes in most useful for second fixing. And they've been designed really well for the screw shearing, the fulcrum is in exactly the right place to be able to snip them easily with one hand.

 

[PEG]

Thomas Betts did an annular adjustable cutter which i have used for 20 years.Couple of spins round and a pull off,cuts the ring short of the inner cores and splits outer to the end,it also cuts sheath on swa WITHOUT damaging plating on wires.Some of the efforts i see on my travels must have been accomplished using a loosely held hamster or similar...

 

[DaveyD]

must have been accomplished using a loosely held hamster or similar...

LOL, that's funny right there.

 

[HandySparks]

I've used one of these Stanley 9mm snap-off blade knives for years now:
Stanley 9MM Snap Off Blade Knife 0 10 095: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

More delicate and controllable than the full sized Stanley and will get into smaller spaces if you need to cut back a sheath inside a crowded backbox.

Being snap off, you always have a sharp blade available. The body clamps up on the blade, so you don't get any wobble between handle and blade.