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I use the little brown cutting discs. You just have to be very careful not to push _sideways_ against the disc with the housing as you cut, or it will shatter. I think the technique that works the best, which I just came up with, is to clamp the dremel in a vise and hold the housing that you are cutting.

I use medium high speed, and very gentle pressure. I also usually make a preliminary cut with cable cutters, and then trim off 6-7mm with the Dremel for a clean and straight cut.


Then while the plastic is still hot, i use a ballpoint pen to open up the melted inner liner. It works well because you can kind of mold it into a slightly wider opening, which makes threading cables into the housing easier.


For cutting cables themselves, you can use the cutting disc, but a real pair of cable cutters is far superior. I found the dremel tends to cause the individual strands of steel to kind of un-wind, which is a pain.