armoured cable cutter
- Thread starter shputnik
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
I would guess that Roto-Split is the best selling cable cutter.
strawburner
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- Central Kansas
Agreed Roto Split is best I have foundI would guess that Roto-Split is the best selling cable cutter.
goldstar
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- New Jersey
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- Electrical Contractor
I agree, Roto-Split is probably the best. I just purchased an Ideal cable cutter and I'm having some trouble using it. I think it has to do with the cable size adjustment. It may not be tight enough. As soon as the blade starts cutting into the cable it causes the cable to jump forward and cut the armor in the wrong spot. I'll keep working at it - not ready to bring it back to the supply house yet.
K8MHZ
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- Electrician
Another vote for Roto-Split.
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- Massachusetts
Another vote for Rotospilts but this model with the extra lever
It is better when working with multiple sizes of MC, you don't have to adjust the knob to change sizes.
It is better when working with multiple sizes of MC, you don't have to adjust the knob to change sizes.
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- Massachusetts
Couple of fun games with rotosplits.
Reverse the blade on a coworkers rotosplits and watch them to try to use it.
When a coworker steals one of your spare blades for his own rotosplits take it back but install the cardboard cut of the blade that comes in the blase storage space in its place.
Reverse the blade on a coworkers rotosplits and watch them to try to use it.
When a coworker steals one of your spare blades for his own rotosplits take it back but install the cardboard cut of the blade that comes in the blase storage space in its place.
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- New Jersey
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- Journeyman Electrician
Another vote for Rotospilts but this model with the extra lever
It is better when working with multiple sizes of MC, you don't have to adjust the knob to change sizes.
I agree don't use the one in the photo that I posted.
MasterTheNEC
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- McKinney, Texas
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- CEO
Roto-Split is the best....with years of proven reliability.
The one you posted I've had better luck with, for some reason the clamp type has always broken on me. Not that I do a lot of MC cable these days:lol:I agree don't use the one in the photo that I posted.
hurk27
Senior Member
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- Portage, Indiana NEC: 2008
We use to do that with co-workers hack-saws, then watch them keep trying to cut the pipe, also we use to send them to the boss for a push to cut blade and tell them the blade in the saw is a pull to cut blade, you should see the look on the boss's face when they ask:lol:
BTW, BX Cutters work better than dikes...
If doing a fair amount of armored cable work, I'll keep these in my tool belt. At my age, the fewer the tools I have to carry in my tool belt, the less my back aches at the end of the day.
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hurk27
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- Portage, Indiana NEC: 2008
I also like the handle one, I found a stand off screw that you can remove the handle and screw it in then using a 5/16th or 3/8" hex driver bit for the larger ones, put the hex bit in your drill it makes it easier when doing allot of cuts, the standoff screw is the type you use when mounting circuit boards to a cabinet back like they used in older computers,
cal1947
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- waldorf,md
Cal1947
Cal1947
That's the only one I have seen and used ,don't know if there are any other
Cal1947
That's the only one I have seen and used ,don't know if there are any other
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- Massachusetts
Greenlee sells this one.
I don't like it, the parts fall out that grip the cable.
I don't like it, the parts fall out that grip the cable.
Greenlee sells this one.
I don't like it, the parts fall out that grip the cable.
Bought a Klein when I could not find my Roto Split, I don't like it either but did find the Roto split.
IBEW4life
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- McDonough, GA, USA
I hate roto splitters unless im cutting through hard bx cable. Otherwise i use my dikes which is fast and easy especially if your making up a rat nest of a j-box full of MC cable... Roto splits eat up time like crazy and some eat into the sheathing of the wire too much and eat through to your conductors... not good.
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- Licensed Electrician
I like the Greenlee cutter better. It was the one I used first.
Old habits are hard to break, or is it you never get a second chance to make a first impression?
Old habits are hard to break, or is it you never get a second chance to make a first impression?
kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
The Greenlee model is the only one I have used, so I am used to it, but can't really compare to the roto split either. When I worked for another company we had an ideal stripper that wasn't a rotary type, that actually was faster then the rotary cutter, but I think it had less range of cables it worked with - but we pretty much only ran 12-2 and 12-3 and it worked great on both. It was more of a pliers type device - kind of hard to describe, maybe they still make it and I can find a link to one.
Can't speak for roto splitter but the greenlee has an adjusting screw to set the cutting depth, I can't recall ever never needing to adjust it though.
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