I still don't know why this is so funny. Unless the description says specifically 'not for use on steel cable', why would somebody just instinctively know that? A lot of people don't even understand that not all metal is the same.I really enjoy 1 star Amazon reviews. They're just oh so good. I'm making this thread to share the good ones I come across.
This genius is using USA made cable cutters to cut steel cable.COMEDY
I would get my money back too if the breaker bar can't handle that. It would hate seeing a cheater pipe coming its way!
If you look up images of "cable cutters" and "wire rope cutters" you'll see the difference. Cable cutters are big. You can cut 500 kcmil copper with them. But wire rope cutters are small. Very different tools.
You must not live in the rust belt. You can't just use a breaker bar and a pipe. You need to use heat and PB Blaster on every single screw, nut, etc. Even with that chances are youll need a grinder.
Again, why would the average Joe know that? For that matter, I bet the average Joe has not even heard the term wire rope. It's all cable to him.
I dunno. Is Kansas in the rust belt? My f150 thinks so. Still doesn't change the fact that a breaker bar the snaps when you stand on it is pretty useless.
In Illinois we break breaker bars. Impact tools are the way to go but 50 gallon compressors cost a ton.
You rang?
Yes I did. You from Illinois? If so you know what rust in the eyes feels like. Also Coolant has a distinct taste. Sweet and bitter. I've also gotten gasoline up my nose, but let's not talk about that.
How simple their world must be.
He wouldn't.
I bought that tester. I don't usually read the directions, but I did that time, and was really glad I did when the tester started smoking the first time I used it.
I have been doing mechanical work for 60 years and had to look up the difference because I wanted to know. I saw that cable seems to be more flexible and normally used for controls, and 3/8” or below. Wire rope was larger and for more structural uses. Yet with that info I have never heard the term used as a wire rope suspension bridge. It has always been described as a cable-stay suspension bridge.
I live half a mile from a cable suspension bridge - the Narrows.
You should use a cable cutter to cut cables. But don't use a cable cutter to cut cables. Rookie mistake. /thread
When I have a ”cable” to cut I tightly wrap tape on each side of the cut, then use a thin blade on an angle grinder to reduce fraying. On construction jobs for temporary cable hand rails or fall prevention the ironworkers cut it with a torch for speed and to prevent fraying.
"Wire Rope" is a term often used in nautical circles.
In my decades of riding bikes with cables, I quickly learned that a household wire end cutter or diagonals just made a mess of them, fraying them badly. We used to just wind up the excess cable, to avoid the splayed ends that happened so quickly. Eventually someone found a pair of something like the Park tool shown above, and life was better, til he moved away.
And rigging.
To continue to muddy the waters, in traditional nautical speak, a cable is generally a large line--regardless what it's made of. Line sizes were measured in circumference, just make things even more confusing. A 6" cable would be closer to 2" dia.