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You should try 3/8"!
I just wrap the cable with some duct tape and then use the bolt cutters. =
I guess you could always use a hack saw if all else fails.
73, Ty K3MM
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Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 03:03
Subject: [TowerTalk] cutting 5/16" and heavier EHS
OK, how do I do it?
I've tried a cutting wheel in both electric and pneumatic drills, but =
they don't spin fast enough, plus getting them out to the places the =
cuts need to be (deep woods) is a pain and/or impossible. A bolt cutter =
makes a mess of the guy cable end.=20
I have a Klein cable shear, but it's made to cut copper, not steel.
Ideas?
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Steve Jackson
Bay Architecture Lab
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heavier EHS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>OK, how do I do it?<BR><BR>I've tried a cutting wheel =
in both=20
electric and pneumatic drills, but they don't spin fast enough, plus =
getting=20
them out to the places the cuts need to be (deep woods) is a pain =
and/or=20
impossible. A bolt cutter makes a mess of the guy cable end. <BR><BR>I =
have a=20
Klein cable shear, but it's made to cut copper, not=20
steel.<BR><BR>Ideas?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>* * *<BR>Steve =
Jackson<BR>Bay=20
Architecture Lab<BR>* * *<BR><- - Nortel Networks - -><BR>How =
The World=20
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