wire rope cutters lowes pricelist

There are two very similar Kinpex wire rope cutters. This is the less costly version. The other one has red and blue handles. http://www.amazon.com/95-62-190-SBA-Comfort/dp/B005EXOYXC/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1361222282&sr=1-2&keywords=knipex+wire+rope+cutter

The Crimper feature on these cutters (according to the video) are for "end caps and end ferrules" which keep cable strands from unwinding and splaying. THESE CRIMPERS DO NOT WORK ON ALUMINUM AND COPPER FERRULES FOR LOOPS AND SPLICES. Like "steel cable" and "wire rope" there"s some confusion here. Swaging is the general term for squeezing together the ferrules to make loops and splices. (I didn"t know this and thought I"d find out if for 1/16" wire rope I might not need the extra tool. Hopefully I"ll save somebody this step.) It also makes very quick and clean cuts of small diameter rope, string, and bungee cords.

I"ve bootlegged wire rope cuts a dozen different ways--nothing is as clean as this tool. For piano wire 1/16" it"s a little cleaner than using a bolt cutter, the cut edges are not square--more similar to bolt cutter marks, pinched with a ridge in the middle. For a lot of piano wire cutting the much smaller size of this tool is a plus.

Cable cutters consist of two arms connected by a joint. Each of the arms has a clutch/handle lever at the back. The front steel is ground to a sharp cutting edge. The quality of the cut can be improved by using high-quality, more expensive steel (in the handles and the head). The cutting head and handle lever are then separated for saving costs: the handle lever is made of inexpensive sheet steel. Both parts are then riveted together before the complete cable cutter is formed from the two scissor arms (handles).