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I had the same question as well. I've seen it done with a hand file before but don't have one handy.
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In this case, it saved me from having to remove three windows just to replace the window regulator cable/motor assemblies. But Dremels used with the metal cutoff wheel are extremely dangerous in the hands of the less-seasoned mechanic or machinist. I've heard of digit loss and myself cut open the tip of a pinky while merely trying to modify a small piece of plastic that was used to hold a wiper blade to a wiper arm. No, I didn't think that anyone would use the metal wheel to cut a cable housing, but I was wondering how else would the cable housing get wrapped up in the spindle? Also, there are carbide cutters for Dremels which can emit a shower of tiny, razor-sharp needles which becomes a virtual haz-mat cleanup lest one leaves them to embed in fingers, clothing, eyes or feet. A lot of possible applications for Dremel tools are more easily, safely, quickly and economically done with non-powered tools, which I usually reach for first. Last edited by dddd; 05-15-2019 at 01:53 PM. |
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Same. If the cut isn't clean from the cable cutter (Park), I just use a tiny diagonal plier and a file to clean it up, followed by whatever awl/toothpick/little pointy thing is available to round out any pinched teflon liner. Takes all of 40 seconds.
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This is why i got a good cutter...
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would a dremel melt the inside of housings if I grind the ends with it?
I could see cutting brake cable housing with a Dremel or die grinder, but not shift cable housing. The latter only needs to have the liner opened up with an awl after the cut with a proper cable housing cutter.
I've used a Dremel and the problem is getting a straight cut. I guess some people are better than me at getting a 90 degree cut. Last edited by MikeD; 05-18-2019 at 08:41 AM. |
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I also have not been able to find a rotary metal cutting saw blade made of steel. I have a package of cutoff wheels, but I don't like the fact that they wear away as they are used. |
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For me 40s is an optimistic claim.
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But they were plenty dangerous as well for their ability to grab the work if the blade so much as tilted slightly in the slot it is cutting, exactly what happened to me when it suddenly grabbed the piece of plastic I was holding. It takes two firm hands on the tool to prevent any tilt from becoming instantly self-energizing, resulting in the dreaded violent grab with the tool then likely twisting out of one's hand with the sharp saw blade still spinning. The stone wafer discs are deemed safe because of their relative inability to generate grabbing force without shattering, which is why they come in like a 25-pack. They force the operator to use the sort of delicate control that people should have been using with the metal blades(!), but aren't quite a replacement for all of the uses one might have had for the metal blade. |
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