Originally Posted by
zacster
I discovered how difficult this housing is to cut without a dremel tool. That stuff is tough! By the time I got to the second cut the tool had dulled to the point it wasn't working anymore. I had to use the edge of a file to cut all the parallel strands, and once through to the coil I was able to cut that with the cutters. It still isn't very clean.
That's because you skimped and bought a cheap tool. A real park cable cutter or shimano one will cut thousands of cables before dulling. Perfectly, each time.