Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 What's the cheapest cable cutter worth it's money? If someone's got one they're not using I'll buy secondhand as well...
Amberdrake Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Go to closest engineering tool supplier and ask for steel cable cutter. Should be around R300. Unfortunately these don't last as the cable tends to hurt blades. For DIY one should outlast bicycle.
Mongoose! Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 I use normal side cutter. For years now.Fail to understand why "home mechanics" (like myself) need an "expensive bicycle cable cutter in blue colour" if a normal side cutter from any hardware store can do the same job...lol
madmarc Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 I use normal side cutter. For years now.Fail to understand why "home mechanics" (like myself) need an "expensive bicycle cable cutter in blue colour" if a normal side cutter from any hardware store can do the same job...lol Cable cutter has rounded blades, side cutter has flat blades. Side cutter causes the cable to start fraying once its cut. I use to do the same until I got a cable cutter. Besides they no that expensive, many other cheaper brands than Park tool that do the job just as good
Thomo Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Exactly what I wanted to get today but didn't make it to LBS.Agree with the opinions on side cutters - works most times but hate when that cable frays.
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 17, 2017 Author Posted June 17, 2017 I use normal side cutter. For years now.Fail to understand why "home mechanics" (like myself) need an "expensive bicycle cable cutter in blue colour" if a normal side cutter from any hardware store can do the same job...lolMind you, I did that for quite some time too... It took multiple tries cutting from both sides though. And then my sidecutters snapped. Piss quality stuff. So, I need new sidecutters anyway...
bikebloke Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/bike-hand-cable-cutter/4659 have had mine for a over a year - cut more cables than most people - still going strong works as advertised I cut housings with it sometimes also (i spose I shouldn't) I don't use it to cut anything else though ..
Thomo Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 https://www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za/product/bike-hand-cable-cutter/4659 have had mine for a over a year - cut more cables than most people - still going strong works as advertised I cut housings with it sometimes also (i spose I shouldn't) I don't use it to cut anything else though ..With some luck, they may have some with yellow stickers on sale which started yesterday.
DrRichard Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Just go to your local hardware - got some for R120 at mica - as soon as a bike shop or a bike tool company brand them price goes through the roof - you cut cables so infrequently that a cheap hardware store one will last- or you can replace 3 times before spending on a park tool one ( even if they look much nicer!)
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 17, 2017 Author Posted June 17, 2017 Looking for a cable AND housing cutter-actually not worried about the cables as much as the housing-cable are cut easily with combination plier/sidecutters
Mongoose! Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Just go to your local hardware - got some for R120 at mica - as soon as a bike shop or a bike tool company brand them price goes through the roof - you cut cables so infrequently that a cheap hardware store one will last- or you can replace 3 times before spending on a park tool one ( even if they look much nicer!)Like it. My kind of advice.
porqui Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Looking for a cable AND housing cutter-actually not worried about the cables as much as the housing-cable are cut easily with combination plier/sidecutters In that case use a small (115mm blade) disk grinder with a thin 1mm yes 1mm thick blade - works like a dream. Clamp cable in vice and when you want to cut cable insert in a scrap piece of housing iow don't cut cable on it's own. Don't use side cutters they squeeze cut where a cable cutter slice cuts - well sort of.
bikebloke Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Looking for a cable AND housing cutter-actually not worried about the cables as much as the housing-cable are cut easily with combination plier/sidecuttersthe bike hand ones do cut both the cable and housing finehowever the purists will tell you you should use a dremel or a cutting disk as porqui pointed out above side cutters and pliers are not for cutting housings they just crush them as porqui pointed out above seriously for the amount of time most people use them bike hands cutters are fine and very cheap if you own a bike shop and you going to use them 5 times a day go buy park tool dont be penny wise and pound foolish
Patchelicious Posted June 17, 2017 Posted June 17, 2017 Use your wife's kitchen scissors. Blame somebody else when questioned.
Kalahari Vegmot Posted June 17, 2017 Author Posted June 17, 2017 The dremel works okayish, except that you then need goggles to work on your bike, and it melts the housing...
ChrisF Posted June 18, 2017 Posted June 18, 2017 Tip from my LBS ... Cut the housing - and yes they use a proper cable cutter - then sharpen a spoke and use it to "open up" the inside of the housing .....
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