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Subject: [TowerTalk] cutting 5/16" and heavier EHS
From: k3mm@erols.com (Tyler Stewart)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 03:49:55 +0100
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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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  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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  <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>&lt;- - Nortel Networks - -&gt;<BR>How =
The World=20
  Shares Ideas<BR>Research Triangle Park, NC<BR>(919) 992-9045<BR>ESN=20
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