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So for cutting , stripping and preparing cable what is your prefered tool
Cable side cutters
Cable shears
Cable side cutters
Cable shears
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and he's missed out teeth.Sorry @Dustydazzler but it's not a fair poll.
There are so many different types of cable, each with its preferred stripping method and tool.
I use both sidecutters and shears, 2 different automatic stripping tools, and a rotary stripping tool and sometimes a knife.
Knew somebody who did that and was killed by electrocution, alas he was not an electrician.and he's missed out teeth.
Had a set of Nws shears which I primarily used for meter tails , they were great and sliced big cores with ease.
Not sure where they are now thou , think I loaned them out once and never got them back grr
They guys in the Vid are using the side cutters wrong thou on bigger cables , if you need to use side cutters because that’s all you have to hand then do the cut in 2 motions nipping half the cable then rotating the cable 180 between cuts. This avoids most of the squeezing / squashing
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