[TowerTalk] pull lubricant -- follow-up (installing Heliax connectors)

Dick Green WC1M wc1m73 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 12:57:43 PDT 2011


K8LX wrote:

> If you ever anticipate installing L4 (1/2") connectors again, do 
> yourself a favor and buy an Andrew Easiax tool. It's just a clamp type 
> manual prep tool with internal razor blades that cuts the shield right 
> on top of a peak and cuts the jacket at the same time. We install 
> thousands of these connectors (usually over 100 on one cell site as we 
> build it) and once you get rolling it takes 4 or 5 minutes per connector 
> max.

Thanks. I knew about the tool, but for two reasons I didn't buy one:

First, it wasn't clear to me that there were two blades that cut both the
jacket and the shield. Some of the descriptions implied only one blade,
which would just cut the jacket. 

But more important, when I looked on the Internet to find one, they were
only available from distributors who sell only to businesses (or, at least
it looks that way.) Can anyone direct me to a place where I can buy one of
these tools for a reasonable price?




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