In "Skip Gundlach" writes:

The other repliers to date have brought an interesting question:

I have both the bolt cutter (came with the boat) and cable cutter (bought
because it wasn't on the boat), 24" handles. Having already bought the
cable cutter, I don't know if I'd buy the other, but...

How much are the explosive cutters, and where does one find them?

You mean really explosive?

- Lauri Tarkkonen

L8R

Skip, not yet ready to hit the refit again, but champing at the bit

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

One of the most popular Sail Rigging shop in Eastern Canada are using the
Felco cutter every day.
They have to be selected to the right size of cable to be cut.
Check the following site for more information.
http://www.felco.ch/fr/produits/Gamme.asp?IdGamme=1
I just finish talking to the manager of this rigging shop and he stated that
Felco cutter are used every day. They will cut fine as long as you have the
correct size to match the cable to be cut.
In a workshop environment Felco cutters work fine. Having been dismasted
once the manager stated that after having survived a storm you seldom have
enough strength to use a Felco cutter. A good hacksaw with a high quality
blade works as good.
I myself prefer the B- Metal saw blade.


"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
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In "Skip Gundlach"
writes:

The other repliers to date have brought an interesting question:

I have both the bolt cutter (came with the boat) and cable cutter (bought
because it wasn't on the boat), 24" handles. Having already bought the
cable cutter, I don't know if I'd buy the other, but...

How much are the explosive cutters, and where does one find them?

You mean really explosive?

- Lauri Tarkkonen

L8R

Skip, not yet ready to hit the refit again, but champing at the bit

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

In "Denis Marier" writes:

One of the most popular Sail Rigging shop in Eastern Canada are using the
Felco cutter every day.
They have to be selected to the right size of cable to be cut.
Check the following site for more information.
http://www.felco.ch/fr/produits/Gamme.asp?IdGamme=1
I just finish talking to the manager of this rigging shop and he stated that
Felco cutter are used every day. They will cut fine as long as you have the
correct size to match the cable to be cut.
In a workshop environment Felco cutters work fine. Having been dismasted
once the manager stated that after having survived a storm you seldom have
enough strength to use a Felco cutter. A good hacksaw with a high quality
blade works as good.
I myself prefer the B- Metal saw blade.

Havin experienced one dismasting and having to get rid of the mast
before it came throught the hull because in the waves the mast with the
sail and boat seemed to live separate lives with desire to meet once a
while, I would say that a hacksaw is very slow device. I have about 30
inches long tongs for pressing "nicro sleewes" for wires, with cutting
jaws as well. Besides I am quite a positive you need a bunch of blades
for your hacksaw before you have some five or six wires cut apart,
because when you have it half a way done, it is very easy to crack a
piece of the blade or break it completely.

- Lauri Tarkkonen