Brake cable quality

[rrarider]

Oh you'd be surprised how clean a cut a dremel cutting disc makes. You have to be careful cutting outer cable though because if cutting for too long, the plastic casing can melt which makes a right mess.

I'm genuinely curious, as I don't own a Dremel. After you have cut the wire, do you have to reshape the end of the wire with your fingers into a roughly circular shape so that you can pop a ferrule on? With specialist cutters, you can put the ferrule on straight away after the cut.

 

[Vantage]

Some diamond and fibreglass discs can leave a few strands lose that you can just wind back in again, but if you don't go nuts and use a standard disc you can get better than this...

 

[T4tomo]

I'll stick to my park tools CN 10 thanks

 

[bpsmith]

Plus one for the Park CN10. The right tool for the right job.

 

[classic33]

Whats wrong with dipping the end of the cable in solder/lead and letting it cool?

 

[rrarider]

Whats wrong with dipping the end of the cable in solder/lead and letting it cool?

Solder doesn't adhere to steel very well. It's a lot easier and cheaper to crimp an end cap on.

 

[tyred]

Whats wrong with dipping the end of the cable in solder/lead and letting it cool?

My preferred method for non-stainless steel cables but most are stainless steel nowadays.

A little heat-shrink tubing or even electrical insulating tape does the job. Put it on before cutting at the place where you want to cut it.