What a difference a proper tool makes!
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What a difference a proper tool makes!
Over some periods of time, including recently I muck a lot with my drivetrain and that can involve coping with shift cables, trimming those cables and their housing. After looking over various threads on this forum, I went ahead and bought myself a Swiss-made Felco C7 cutter for the purpose. That cutter cuts the cables and housings like butter. The cuts are clean and I can repeat them next to each other over and over in trimming.
To some extent now it is hard for me to think about living without that tool. Before, I used a Dremel cutting wheel. It was OK with housings although slow and melting the inner sleeve. It routinely left the cables frayed, though, by the time it was done. I soldered the ends, but once the threads were bent out of alignment it was hard to get them together. You could solder the threads together before cutting, but activating the soldering infrastructure just for a cut that might not be final was a bit of an overkill. Felco leaves the ends clean and together so that you even hesitate to solder those ends.
Well, anyway, it is not the first time for me to be in a shock when finally getting the right tool for the job. After a while, I will presumably not look back at the cost.
To some extent now it is hard for me to think about living without that tool. Before, I used a Dremel cutting wheel. It was OK with housings although slow and melting the inner sleeve. It routinely left the cables frayed, though, by the time it was done. I soldered the ends, but once the threads were bent out of alignment it was hard to get them together. You could solder the threads together before cutting, but activating the soldering infrastructure just for a cut that might not be final was a bit of an overkill. Felco leaves the ends clean and together so that you even hesitate to solder those ends.
Well, anyway, it is not the first time for me to be in a shock when finally getting the right tool for the job. After a while, I will presumably not look back at the cost.
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Over some periods of time, including recently I muck a lot with my drivetrain and that can involve coping with shift cables, trimming those cables and their housing. After looking over various threads on this forum, I went ahead and bought myself a Swiss-made Felco C7 cutter for the purpose. That cutter cuts the cables and housings like butter. The cuts are clean and I can repeat them next to each other over and over in trimming.
To some extent now it is hard for me to think about living without that tool. Before, I used a Dremel cutting wheel. It was OK with housings although slow and melting the inner sleeve. It routinely left the cables frayed, though, by the time it was done. I soldered the ends, but once the threads were bent out of alignment it was hard to get them together. You could solder the threads together before cutting, but activating the soldering infrastructure just for a cut that might not be final was a bit of an overkill. Felco leaves the ends clean and together so that you even hesitate to solder those ends.
Well, anyway, it is not the first time for me to be in a shock when finally getting the right tool for the job. After a while, I will presumably not look back at the cost.
To some extent now it is hard for me to think about living without that tool. Before, I used a Dremel cutting wheel. It was OK with housings although slow and melting the inner sleeve. It routinely left the cables frayed, though, by the time it was done. I soldered the ends, but once the threads were bent out of alignment it was hard to get them together. You could solder the threads together before cutting, but activating the soldering infrastructure just for a cut that might not be final was a bit of an overkill. Felco leaves the ends clean and together so that you even hesitate to solder those ends.
Well, anyway, it is not the first time for me to be in a shock when finally getting the right tool for the job. After a while, I will presumably not look back at the cost.
Amen good tools are a joy of life
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