[TowerTalk] Cutting 3/16" Stainless Steel Guy Cable

[GALE STEWARD]

Anyone have info on where cable shears can be
obtained?  All the stuff I've seen locally is of the
"cable cutter" type and seem like pretty light-duty
tools.  I am in the market for something good that
will do the job and will last!

73, Stew  K3ND


--- michael watts <wy6k@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't agree that bolt cutters are the best way to
> cut stainless cable.  Bolt cutters will work if they
> are in very good condition.
> 
> But shears cut stainless cable much better.  The
> difference is that the cutting edges overlap rather
> than abutt one another.  Trying to cut stainless
> with
> bolt cutters frequently involves some grinding and
> bending etc.  Good shears just cut right thru it.  
> 
> Cruising sailors have carried cutters to be able cut
> the rigging loose if the boat is dismasted.  For
> many
> years they carried bolt cutters, which have other
> uses
> on the boat too.  But nowadays all knowledgable
> cruisers carry actual cable shears.  Trying to cut
> heavy stainless cable rigging in a big storm on a
> pitching deck with bolt cutters is an invitation to
> death.  But the cable shears make quick and clean
> work
> of it.
> 
> Of course, none of this matters too much on solid
> ground in your back yard.  But cable shears are
> better.
> 
> Michael wy6k
> --- Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
> > 
> > At 01:58 PM 7/19/00 -0500, Randy Wing wrote:
> > >
> > >Folks,
> > >
> > >What are the best ways to cut 3/16" stainless
> steel
> > guy cable?
> > 
> > Bolt cutters
> > 
> > 73, Pete Smith N4ZR
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