Phildorset
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has anyone any recommendations? I need to get myself a set of cutters for that worst case scenario event... I think my Dyform rigging is either 6 or 8mm dia (I'll check of course). Thanks for any help choosing.
rigging cutters
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horatio_nelson
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Get the best you can. I had to try cutting free a dismasted rig, the bolt croppers I had weren't up to it.
Speak to riggers, maybe buy a length of old shroud and test with that.
Also worth having pulling pins as an option, much easier than using cutters.
Speak to riggers, maybe buy a length of old shroud and test with that.
Also worth having pulling pins as an option, much easier than using cutters.
maby
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Having heard the horror stories about trying to do it with bolt cutters, I've been toying with the idea of carrying a cordless angle grinder.
Yngmar
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Awaiting test report on how well the angle grinder works after brief submersion in seawater. Which should simulate the conditions in which it will be needed fairly accurately.
GHA
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Felco C16
Good as it gets
Good as it gets
maby
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Felco C16
Good as it gets
Should be at more than £200 - our first boat cost less than that!!
knuterikt
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I got one og these in my damage control kit.
https://www.baudat.de/en/products/wire-rope-cutters/ratchet-wire-rope-cutters
https://www.baudat.de/en/products/wire-rope-cutters/ratchet-wire-rope-cutters
Malish
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Their KS10 model is superb, cuts through SS wire like it is soft butter
paulajayne
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Bolt croppers do not have a scissor action and are therefore not best suited to cut rigging.
penberth3
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Exactly, that's why they're called bolt cutters.
A cordless grinder isn't going to work either, used one-handed on an unsupported rope.
merlin3688
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We use this cutter, fraction of the cost of most and cuts up to 8mm Stainless.
http://www.bainbridgemarine.com/Item.aspx?Item=PRD-902217&PartNo=P63579
Think they may do 2 sizes, the ones we purchased are about a metre long.
http://www.bainbridgemarine.com/Item.aspx?Item=PRD-902217&PartNo=P63579
Think they may do 2 sizes, the ones we purchased are about a metre long.
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Robert Wilson
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Thanks for that prompt. I shall contact Bainbridge.
Then I can replace the huge, heavy bolt-croppers which I have carried around (getting rusty) for eight years while assuming they would perform OK. Apparently I have been under an illusion!
KellysEye
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We had Felco cutters because they are used by the SAS.
chrishscorp
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I use Bolt cutters to cut tensile and mild reinforcing bar in concrete, ( I have worn out my 3 foot pair) they will not cut wire they will just squash it, BUT they will happily chop through the solid threaded sections going into the bottle screws depending on their size and the brute force you can apply to them.
Personally I carry a hacksaw and some decent blades, again i would attck the solid sections not the wire I have assumed it will be during lousy weather and the deck heeled.
Robert Wilson
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:encouragement:
I also carry a hacksaw and a box of good blades.
neil1967
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The Bainbridge ones look good value - anyone any experience of actually using them?
GHA
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Might be OK. Over the years back in the day I must have cut tens of thousands of bits of 6 & 8mm SWR doing theatre installs, can't remember the brands of the cheaper ones but they wouldn't last long in real use, few days and you'd be swearing at them, felcos are the only ones that last. But for something that you'll hopefully rarely use for maintenance and hopefully never in anger they jaws could be OK for years & they might be fine. Be worth considering going up to 60Cm for 8mm stainless. Felco C16's are about 55cm.
merlin3688
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We have used them for about a year now cutting stainless 1 x 19 wires from 6 to 8mm, not as good as Felco which we use for wires up to 10mm however if only used in an emergency and at a fraction of the cost they are good for keeping on board.
eddystone
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I am doubtful whether a hacksaw would work. In the process of collecting a recently acquired Flying Fifteen, I had to cut through a redundant s/s wire safety strap on the trailer. which was thinner than rigging wire. It took ages, far more difficult than cutting through a shackle or padlock.
Robert Wilson
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Yes, I accept wire is a bit of a pig to cut, but as posted somewhere above, the shackles are a better target, and tend to be at deck level.
I also accept that we don't live in a perfect world and in the dreadful scenario of a dismasting all sorts of other things will conspire to spoil the hoped-for straight-forward wielding of the hack-saw!!
I also accept that we don't live in a perfect world and in the dreadful scenario of a dismasting all sorts of other things will conspire to spoil the hoped-for straight-forward wielding of the hack-saw!!
