cable cutters

[NJHandyGuy]

seeing as how i keep having to replace my s-o pwc30a battery cable cutters i was wondering if anyone knew of a cheaper solution 3 pairs in 4 day have grown legs with 2 of them today ARGGHHH sorry needed to vent

 

[WRX/Z28]

My Channellocks and Kleins are great alternatives...

 

[WRX/Z28]

Whoops. Missed the point of the thread. Let them rust a little everywhere but the blade. Noone wants rusty tools. lol

 

[WR250F]

Kleins are pretty nice for a manual version

Klein and Greenlee also make ratcheting cutters that work well and won't completely break the bank

 

[Danglerb]

HF has some unlikely to wander off. I opted slightly up the food chain with some from Titan.

Get one of those camper sized porta potties and convert it to a tool box, should keep people out of it.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I like my Klein cable cutters a lot.

 

[4x4gearhead]

I use some klein ones I bought at sears and I have yet to even have the joint loosen up on them, I still have to use a bit of force just to open them because they are that well made.

 

[kngelv]

Klein and Greenlee are great. The Channellock ones will wear out faster.

James

 

[rlitman]

I have a set of Klein 9 1/2" HL cable cutters, and a matching one from HF (40507). As can be expected, the difference is night and day. The HF ones get very tight when open more than half way, their opening is smaller, and the edge is cut at a less sharp angle, which makes it more difficult to cut copper. Still, I keep the HF cable cutter at work, and it is usable. The good thing, is this is plenty capable of cutting battery cables, and you'll kind of feel better if someone walks off with it.

The same cannot be said for the crimper.
The Klein KLE1005 I have is the best crimper I've ever used (although it does not have the cable cutter that the SO one has, and isn't made for battery terminals.
The HF (36411) model is worthless.

A friend recently bought the HF hydraulic wire crimper (66150). For the one project he needed it for, it was quite usable, and I think you could put it to good use crimping battery cables. My Klein crimper isn't really good for any cables over 12 gauge, but this can put reasonably good crimps on 2 gauge without a huge amount of effort.

 

[Monte]

 

[jeffmoss26]

I have 3 pairs of the Klein 1005...they rock!

 

[Danglerb]

Sheesh, nobody reads the OP anymore, but I am sure all of those suggestions would be much appreciated by the people stealing his cable cutters on a regular basis.

OTOH those Knipex people might rightly assume you would track them down and beat on them if they took them.