[Boatanchors] Tools for Coax?

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Eugene,

There may be multi-bladed tools made for other size coax but I don't think I 
ever actually saw one.  There is a general purpose jacket slitter made by 
Eclispe (no model number on the one I have).  It has an adjustable depth single 
blade and a spring-loaded steel strap that bears against the back side of the 
jacket.  It also has provision for rotating the blade 90 degrees so that it can 
be used to slit the jacket longitudenally.  Can also be used on larger single 
and multi-conductor cables.

Unfortunately, I haven't the vaguest recollection of where I got it.

There's also a tool made for working USTP (used in Ethernet systems) that 
would probably work on smaller coax but I'm not sure where mine is right now so I 
can't look to see what the largest OD would be.  The Eclispe tool will handle 
up to about 1" diameter.

In a message dated 10/30/2006 2:13:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
ehertz at tcaf.org writes: 
> I am learning to work with coax and PL-259's. The coax I am working with is 
> 9914F (bury flex) which is .405 in diameter.  I am learning how to solder on 
> these 259's but had a question.
> 
> Much of the effort (and errors) is with properly stripping and cutting the 
> coax for the outer jacket, braid, inner jacket, center conductor.  
> 
> In the past, I have played with the RG-6 type stuff and used a nifty cutter 
> that had two blades in it. A few turns of this tool clamped onto the coax 
> would cut the right depths and lengths for putting on those infernal F 
> connectors.
> 
> So the question is, is there any tools analogous to the one used in the 
> cable industry to make cutting/stripping of these large diameter coax cables 
> easier/more accurate? Or do you just get the knack of it eventually?

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