I cant remember if you can use regular bolt cutters for cuttin cable and cable only, or if you use them w/ cable they are ruined. not sure if i can just buy a seperate pair of bolt cutters or if I have to buy the cable cutters.

thanks for any help w/ clearin it up LOL

I use a cable cutter made by tool shop. Costs 6.99 and works great.

Lineman pliers will work if you have none, but cable cutters or bipass cutters work best.

I use a cold chisel, hammer and anvil.

I use a pair of Klein side cutters for cutting cable and opening s-hooks, and a pair of pliers for closing s-hooks.

TLC-do you have any "fray" problems when usin the "chisel method"? If not then i'll go that route b/c i wont be doin to many and have all of the tools in the barn shop.

After trying all the above, I found that a pair of cable cutters from the supplyl dealers was much simpler and worth the cost.

i use an air cutoff tool works great for me

Whellers,
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Use the cable cutters, Goatchin. You'll go nuts trying to put frayed ends through cable sleeves if you do not.
The cable cutters do a good clean job unless you try to cut wire with them.

I don't get any frayed ends on 1/8" cable, this is the size I do almost all my beaver drowners and pogos. Just make sure the cold chisel is real SHARP...a dull one and you'll have a mess. Sharp chisel and one swift hit with a hammer on a solid base and it is cut clean. I did up about 200 Pogos last season, no problems with fraying. You may have to resharpen the chisel if it dulls.

They are sold at Menards. They don't sell through their web site. They look like C7's but Wheelers must have better luck with them than me, mine almost always cut all but 2-3 strands. lol

I do use them now to cut #9 for supports they are great for that, but they never cut cable for me worth a crap.

~ADC~

They did come from Menards ADC did you tighten up the nut on the end? Had that come loose a couple times and it affected the cut. I've made a lot of cuts and seems to work well.

Yep, I've bought several pairs of them, tighten the nuts too. Some of them cut a few hundred pieces before the quit cutting all the strands, most never did get a clean cut. But I still like them for wire. I never use them for wire though til they quit cutting cable. They snip right through #9 though very easy. As I lose them to the weeds of the Iowa ditches, I'll buy more, maybe I'll get lucky and get a pair of cutters like yours. Funny I never lose my $40 C7's though. LOL I'm still on my first pair of them after thousands of cuts and they still cut clean EVERY time.

Linesmens pliers on work bench vice anvil. Hit pliers with a hammer and get a perfect cut.

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I use a pair of klien wire cutters clean cut last for about 2 or 3 years. I also have a pair of c-7 but like the kliens because cut wire better, in a pinch my gerber tool cut cable clean also but don't want to wreck them.

This is my first upcoming season using cable (7X7 3/32) to make up my own cable stakes - always used rebar. I opted for the Felco C7 cutters to simplify my life. Now that I am older, I decided I can use and need all of the extra time that I can get just to set traps, instead of fussing around trying to come up with a more economical way of doing stuff as I use to do in the past. I need all of the shortcuts that I can get, as my time in the field is starting to shorten up with my chronology. And, that includes something as simple as cutting cable.

Jonathan

A cable cutters works best especially when releasing animals not in season or landowners working dog! Can you imagine carring a 3 # hammer and a chunk of RR iron and struggling to put iron behind cable on a bobcat and telling him to hold still as you swing that 3 # hammer over his head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ER person will be telling you hold still, just a few more stitches to go.... LOL .....

haha RdFx dont have to worry bout that...wont be snarin anything LOL

Think i'll try the "chisel Method" and see how it works and go from there.

Just tried a cutoff wheel on a side grinder, nice cut on a 1/8 cable.