Originally Posted by
Campag4life
My preference if using a dremmel cut off wheel to get the housing end nice and square which tends to melt the inner lining shut...is use a very small drill bit in a 18V battery drill. To me this clears out the lining end the best. A dremmel for squaring the end of a housing gets it the most square...especially on wound housings when you cut them off with Park cable cutters and a burr results...hard to avoid on wound brake versus longitudinal strand derailleur cables. Some may not know that Jagwire cable housing are the easiest to install because they don't use a wound brake housing (needed for higher compression) and longitudinal strand housings are much easier to cut off square with cable cutters and why Jagwire housings are my favorite.
I agree with everything you said, especially about Jagwire. I'm a little surprised you don't just leave the drill in the tool box and use the Dremel with the tiny bit to ream out the outer liner. But if you are going to have to make multiple cuts to get the length just right, going back and forth between the cutting wheel and the drill bit could be a PITA. I can see that.