Originally Posted by
Charles Wahl
I cut brake and shifter housing (and cables) with a Dremel fitted with cutoff wheel, then use it to make the end of the housing nice and square.
I've done that and once had it blow up on me - almost literally. The wheel grabbed the strands of a shift cable wrapped them up and created a giant snarl before I could begin to react. So, uh, yeah. The thin cutoff wheels, the ones that go "ping" probably work a lot better for this job than the fiber reinforced.