WEBVTT 00:00:00.256 --> 00:00:02.261 Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van 00:00:02.261 --> 00:00:04.971 Freedom. This is my TOOLEAGUE cable cutter. 00:00:05.035 --> 00:00:07.040 I bought it inexpensively on Amazon, 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:08.149 and it became one of the better 00:00:08.149 --> 00:00:09.959 tool values from my van build. 00:00:09.976 --> 00:00:11.811 It consistently cut through the wire I 00:00:11.811 --> 00:00:13.987 used it for, was reliable and easy 00:00:13.987 --> 00:00:15.821 to use, and I highly recommend it 00:00:15.821 --> 00:00:18.489 from that experience. The matching product picture 00:00:18.552 --> 00:00:21.069 shows its curved cutting jaws and long 00:00:21.069 --> 00:00:23.906 hand grips. This is a dedicated cutter. 00:00:24.034 --> 00:00:25.826 Its shape differs from the small cutting 00:00:25.826 --> 00:00:27.981 section on a combined wire stripper. 00:00:28.087 --> 00:00:29.794 The two handles close the jaws around 00:00:29.794 --> 00:00:31.864 the cable, giving this tool a specific 00:00:31.884 --> 00:00:33.647 role in preparing a wire end. 00:00:33.702 --> 00:00:36.326 My roof-wiring photographs show a grouped connection 00:00:36.475 --> 00:00:38.736 and the larger enclosure during the cable-entry 00:00:38.736 --> 00:00:40.947 work. I arranged the device leads around 00:00:40.947 --> 00:00:42.910 the roof boxes and worked through the 00:00:42.910 --> 00:00:46.345 individual connections before finishing the conduit assembly. 00:00:46.494 --> 00:00:49.096 The illustrative workshop footage shows measuring and 00:00:49.096 --> 00:00:52.038 holding tasks. The photographs show the wider 00:00:52.059 --> 00:00:54.918 wiring project that my hand-tool kit supported. 00:00:55.046 --> 00:00:57.990 Cutting, stripping and joining are different stages. 00:00:58.118 --> 00:01:00.080 The cable cutter cuts through the wire. 00:01:00.080 --> 00:01:02.679 A stripper removes insulation from an end. 00:01:02.844 --> 00:01:04.850 The prepared conductor then becomes part of 00:01:04.850 --> 00:01:07.708 the connection. The diagram follows that sequence 00:01:07.708 --> 00:01:09.543 rather than treating every tool in the 00:01:09.543 --> 00:01:11.528 kit as doing the same job. 00:01:11.762 --> 00:01:13.255 The useful part of this purchase for 00:01:13.255 --> 00:01:14.932 me was its reliability. 00:01:15.113 --> 00:01:16.521 It kept cutting the wire I used 00:01:16.521 --> 00:01:18.783 it for, and the operation was easy. 00:01:18.953 --> 00:01:21.023 Combined with the inexpensive purchase, 00:01:21.087 --> 00:01:22.196 that made it one of my better 00:01:22.196 --> 00:01:25.144 tool values. My recommendation comes from using 00:01:25.165 --> 00:01:26.638 this cutter through the work, 00:01:26.701 --> 00:01:28.834 with the same positive result across those 00:01:28.834 --> 00:01:31.437 cutting tasks. The companion pictures show my 00:01:31.437 --> 00:01:34.296 DOWELL wire stripper and DEWALT D C 00:01:34.296 --> 00:01:36.245 E five-thirty B heat gun. 00:01:36.316 --> 00:01:39.004 I used the DOWELL for smaller-wire preparation. 00:01:39.132 --> 00:01:41.308 The heat gun handled heat-applied sleeves and 00:01:41.308 --> 00:01:43.159 tubing around my wire connections. 00:01:43.387 --> 00:01:45.521 These tools explain the later stages around 00:01:45.521 --> 00:01:47.335 a cable cut: preparing the ends, 00:01:47.483 --> 00:01:49.191 then finishing the joint and covering. 00:01:49.275 --> 00:01:52.177 My page compares the Klein sixty-three-oh-fifty and 00:01:52.177 --> 00:01:53.585 a K F C P T E 00:01:53.585 --> 00:01:56.277 C ratcheting cutter. The Klein uses direct 00:01:56.298 --> 00:01:59.349 hand-operated cutting, while the ratcheting design advances 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:01.653 its blade through repeated handle movements. 00:02:01.759 --> 00:02:03.445 Both are researched alternatives, 00:02:03.508 --> 00:02:05.356 each with its own matching picture. 00:02:05.538 --> 00:02:07.629 My firsthand recommendation here is for the 00:02:07.629 --> 00:02:09.421 TOOLEAGUE I bought and used. 00:02:09.677 --> 00:02:11.596 Thanks for watching. I'm Steve Smith with 00:02:11.596 --> 00:02:14.423 Camper Van Freedom. The full cable-cutter review, 00:02:14.529 --> 00:02:18.198 related wire-preparation accounts, roof-project pictures and current 00:02:18.198 --> 00:02:19.991 buying options are linked below. 00:02:20.203 --> 00:02:21.158 Until next time.