I agree the HZ cable cutters a great for the price. rmrose: I cut with the HZ and then crimp with a pair of Knipex diagonal cutters. Not a crimping tool, but a cutting tool. With finesse you can get good crimps with diagonal cutters, I believe lots of mechanics use them.
I had a pair of red-handled Amazon wonders and they quickly became trash. I could make better cuts with my teeth. I love Felco tools, my partner's a gardener and I service her Felcos every few months with a complete disassembly, cleaning, greasing and sharpening. They also sell replacement bits for every component, washer, blade, handle, cog, etc. Garth, I'm surprised you're getting good cuts of cables and housing with linesman pliers. Having used many nice ones for other types of work I wouldn't think the shape of the blades would allow for nice cuts. I agree that looking outside of the world of bike-specific tools turns up nice stuff. Like Wera stainless hex wrenches and Felco wire cutters. And there's this from Jobst Brandt <https://yarchive.net/bike/cable_housing_cut.html>on the old rec.bicycles.misc: "You don't need any special cable housing cutters. Brake cable housing is made of coiled wire and can be cut with wire cutters for steel just the same as so called cable housing cutters. The idea that the end of the housing must be ground flat is an excessive attention to minutia. Cable housings have been cut with diagonal cutters effectively for eons with no ill effects." On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 6:09:37 AM UTC-4 Garth wrote: > > I found a pair of Snap-On Linesman pliers along the side of the road a > couple years ago. I already had some Park cable/housing cutters from the > 80's which were nothing to write home about, and some Shimano cutters which > weren't much better desite their overpriced tag. The Linesman pliers, > certainly not in new condition, put both to shame. Now, anytime I need a > certain tool, I check the non-cycling options first as there's a whole lot > more variety and better quality/precision. So yes, three cheers for > non-cycling branded quality tools ! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/59a2d523-8113-44f3-859b-299003c48e6bn%40googlegroups.com.
