What tool do you recommend to cut derailleur cable housing? I've used standard wire cutters in the past, but they don't do a very good job because they always flatten out the end. Any recommendations? Not sure if I really want to invest $36 for the ones you get at the bike store...
Best tool to cut derailleur cable housing
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I started saving scrap cables ends and such. I stick them into the housing before cutting and not only does it help stop some of the crush factor it makes opening up/reaming a boat load easier.. just make sure it's clean... kinda a waste to stick old dirt cables inside a new housing
I have gone back and forth with the dremil and cutters.. kinda gone back to cutters as the dremil softens and melts the outer and more importantly the inner liner... Probably isn't hurting anything but I prefer to just snip it off with cable cutters. The cheaper ones don't last as long as the expensive ones but if you're only doing one set a yr they are fine.. actually my Pedro's one have stayed sharper longer than the parks ones did... and they were like $13.. still using them 3+ yrs later. again, I'm no shop doing it every day...
my Dremil is cordless...I would never use a Dremel, but I would use a Milwaukee M12
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what all those cutting tools need is and offset drive or 90º drive so you can actually cut square
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You really said something there, a cordless angle head die grinder of sorts with an 1/8" collet. :thumbsup:what all those cutting tools need is and offset drive or 90º drive so you can actually cut square
As well as half my tool collectionmy Dremil is cordless...
They even have a heated jacket that runs off that little m12 lithium battery- no joke
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Same here.
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if worst comes to worst, will a ceramic tile nipper work?
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As many others, I use a rotary tool cutting wheel (mine's a Proxxon instead of Dremel) or proper wire cutters (mine's Park Tool).
Aside from the tools, if there are significant bends (as seen at the rear derailleur especially with Shimano and Campagnolo), I keep the housing bent when cutting, so the end is square faced when installed. If you just cut the housing and then bend it, the end changes form.
Aside from the tools, if there are significant bends (as seen at the rear derailleur especially with Shimano and Campagnolo), I keep the housing bent when cutting, so the end is square faced when installed. If you just cut the housing and then bend it, the end changes form.
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Dremel Saw-Max?
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X2 what he said.. I started doing that also and it helps keep the outer shell from pulling away inside the ferrule as much
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Hell I ideas set of tin skips (sheet metal shears) stay Sharp forever and cut nicely. Goes through cables and housings like butter. If the out housing gets cut slighly funcky I use a razor blade to trim that little bit and all good.
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Did it take you the whole 6 years to come up with that one? :lol:
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