SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
I wouldn’t let it ruin it for you. Sounds like some serious wire to me.
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
That is correct.Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:17 amSpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
There's no such thing as a steel that doesn't take damage under the right circumstances.
jpm2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:47 pmThat is correct.Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:17 amSpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
There's no such thing as a steel that doesn't take damage under the right circumstances.
I cut coax and similar stuff all the time at work and absolutely consider a knife the right tool for the job.
H1 is probably the least damage resistant steel I have for this type of use due to edge rolling.
I would never use a serrated blade of any steel type for this task, unless there were no other choice.
Are you sure it didn't get bits just ripped from the edge by the fine steel wire instead of chipping?
Well, there's a big difference in a gap that has broken/cracked out, and one that is deformed/dented or ripped out.Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:54 pmjpm2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:47 pmThat is correct.Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:17 amSpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
There's no such thing as a steel that doesn't take damage under the right circumstances.
I cut coax and similar stuff all the time at work and absolutely consider a knife the right tool for the job.
H1 is probably the least damage resistant steel I have for this type of use due to edge rolling.
I would never use a serrated blade of any steel type for this task, unless there were no other choice.
Are you sure it didn't get bits just ripped from the edge by the fine steel wire instead of chipping?
Well, how much difference is there between chipped/ripped off/broke off? The damaged teeth were visibly jagged under a loupe, so they didn't simply blunt or wear down.
Depends on the type coax. The copper shields I've seen are not tinned. The picture posted looks to be steel.The Meat man wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:15 pmI thought the braided sheath in coaxial cable is copper, not steel.
Thank you. That does help.Evil D wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:17 amSpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:33 pmThis just pierced my mental bubble of considering how excellent H1 steel is. Maybe I was putting too much emphasis on it
There's no such thing as a steel that doesn't take damage under the right circumstances. Maybe a better title for this thread would be "surprised in how H1 took damage" since I would expect it to roll rather than chip, but in the end it was just the wrong tool for the job and I overestimated the knife and underestimated the cable.
awa54 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:10 pmMost RG6 these days is aluminum or tinned copper for the braid, then aluminum or aluminized plastic film for the inner shield (sometimes two layers of braid and/or aluminum foil) then copper plated steel for the center conductor, this allows the cable to be strung farther without an additional support wire. If it had been pure copper I doubt your serration tips would have taken any damage past some slight dulling.
Wire cutters?SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:47 amWhat steel when hardened could cut coax cable best without damage to the edge ?
The correct way to cut electrical/data cables is with an appropriately sized wire cutter... for larger gauge copper or harder conductors a set of well made shear cutters is best (IMO).SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:47 amWhat steel when hardened could cut coax cable best without damage to the edge ?
S7 would laugh at coax. Assuming appropriate edge geometry, you could hammer the spine with a steel hammer and pound the blade through with no damage I'd imagine.SpyderEdgeForever wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:47 amWhat steel when hardened could cut coax cable best without damage to the edge ?
Well it's up for debate wether cutting wires is a knife job or not. I do agree that maybe this isn't the knife or steel that's right for the job though, but it isn't like I did it knowing it was overkill. I've cut gobs of CAT5 cable without any issues at all.
I’m not in a job that requires cutting cables on a regular basis, but I’ve had to move coax a few times in my house over the years. I’d never think to use a knife to cut any type of cable. I’d just grab my wire cutters, but that’s why I bought them. Maybe just an OCD thing with me, but I can’t stand anything other than a perfectly clean cut. That’s something I’ve been able to achieve without resorting to a knife, so I’ve never even considered it.