Bolt cutter attachment

[JMOR]

I read and understood that it was stationary in your post #33. You still can snag a moving aerial wire with the hook to stop it from moving before reengaging the wire to cut it. Sorry you had trouble understanding the flow of things. Jeez.

So why the comment, "and spread to open something up."?

 

[bc]

So why the comment, "and spread to open something up."?

If you look at his post #36, my quote inside of it doesn't mention spread to open something. My post in #36 was responding "AFTER" he had already corrected me from his post #33. I don't need a double correction with his second correction not even containing the correct quote.

I originally used the spread comment, as others, as I couldn't see the picture that well. If someone is going to criticize another for an incorrect view of a picture then he should be able to use their great vision to view the right post to reply to.
Comprende?

 

[JMOR]

If you look at his post #36, my quote inside of it doesn't mention spread to open something. My post in #36 was responding "AFTER" he had already corrected me from his post #33. I don't need a double correction with his second correction not even containing the correct quote.

I originally used the spread comment, as others, as I couldn't see the picture that well. If someone is going to criticize another for an incorrect view of a picture then he should be able to use their great vision to view the right post to reply to.
Comprende?

naaah

 

[leroy in ne]

Grass Rig, I'm saying fence cutter until some one comes up with a better answer.

Ref. above: Much info added since, on reviewing this, I'll comment, if fence guide for multiple strands, insulated for electric fence, hooks to pull wire back so it doesn't wrap on drive shaft. Remember if for cutting 240 volt house drop, triplex wasn't around until in the 60's. As far as guide try standing on a ladder with full bunker gear, including a soot and ash splashed face shield and trying to hit a wire bouncing in the wind. Most over head wiring was single strands tied to pierce point insulators screwed into pole or wall studs. This tool was in a 1972 unit. Had it originally came from an older unit?

 

[710ltd2002]

Can’t make out the complete patent number. That could have answered it.
Dave

 

[DoubleO7]

@Pitalplace
How wide is the final slot in that stamped guide plate add-on?
That slot size would rule out certain guesses.

 

[DoubleO7]

Can’t make out the complete patent number. That could have answered it.
Dave

Depending on how the handles are attached. It could be a standard No. 0 bolt cutter head
With fiberglass handles and that guide plate thingy.

 

[Scott 730]

Bar-ES brand Cable Cutter Item # CC-3/8, Capacity 3/8" diameter. Features groping hook guide. NSN 5110-00-541-6730
Our cable cutter with groping hook guide is made in the USA to meet MIL-C-3958C. We 100% test them to meet critical specifications. The jaws are made from double heat treated alloy steel. They are center cutting and the tested capacity is 3/8 OD concrete reinforcing rod. The handles are fiberglass with comfort grips. Overall length is 20 inches and weight is 4.5 pounds.

9020 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 9021 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 Close Up 1 9022 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 Close Up 2

 

[Dingo3]

Bar-ES brand Cable Cutter Item # CC-3/8, Capacity 3/8" diameter. Features groping hook guide. NSN 5110-00-541-6730
Our cable cutter with groping hook guide is made in the USA to meet MIL-C-3958C. We 100% test them to meet critical specifications. The jaws are made from double heat treated alloy steel. They are center cutting and the tested capacity is 3/8 OD concrete reinforcing rod. The handles are fiberglass with comfort grips. Overall length is 20 inches and weight is 4.5 pounds.

9020 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 9021 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 Close Up 1 9022 Keltek Bar-ES Cable Cutter CC-3-8 NSN 5110-00-541-6730 Close Up 2

“groping hook guide“
I’d say 007 had it right from the get go.

 

[Jim.ME]

“groping hook guide“
I’d say 007 had it right from the get go.

Here a section of the Military spec referenced. It would appear they were intended to cut some energized wires.

1. SCOPE

1.1 Scope. This commercial item description covers one type and size hand operated cable cutter with a groping hook guide, having the capacity to cut a 3/8 inch diameter solid steel wire.

1.2 Intended use. The cable cutters covered by this commercial item description are intended for cutting electrically charged barbed wire entanglements and electrical transmission lines not exceeding 5000 volts potential.

 

[Dingo3]

Here a section of the Military spec referenced. It would appear they were intended to cut some energized wires.

1. SCOPE

1.1 Scope. This commercial item description covers one type and size hand operated cable cutter with a groping hook guide, having the capacity to cut a 3/8 inch diameter solid steel wire.

1.2 Intended use. The cable cutters covered by this commercial item description are intended for cutting electrically charged barbed wire entanglements and electrical transmission lines not exceeding 5000 volts potential.

The patent # 2910900 is for a Klein tool. Just the tool not the guide. It is the design and operation which can be referenced to cutting and crimping tools. He didn’t state what was being cut just that the attachment was stationary and used as a guide. The hooks are obvious. I’d say he nailed it.

 

[Jim.ME]

The patent # 2910900 is for a Klein tool. Just the tool not the guide. He didn’t state what was being cut just that the attachment was stationary and used as a guide. The hooks are obvious. I’d say he nailed it.

I'm not disagreeing. Guessing the ones found in the fire truck were of this type, the military spec just gives the intended use, which was one of the original questions.

 

[JMOR]

48 replies..........not terrible

 

[Dingo3]

54

 

[Snattlerake]

In my opinion, the two hooks are welded on to the cutter heads. Why praytell are they hooks instead of just guides if they were only designed to be a funneling device for cutting large electrical cable.

I think it is a dual tool with the addition of the hooks, Instead of dropping this cutter and using a crowbar or fireman's tool to pry conduit, or a service drop cable away from the building, then cutting it.

Tough to do now with underground service.

 

[Scott 730]

Found this post on the interweb.


"While I was in the military, we used these for concertina/razor wire. Dual purpose for cutting(obvious) and the hooks for pulling the wire around without using your hands."

 

[Pitalplace]

@Pitalplace
How wide is the final slot in that stamped guide plate add-on?
That slot size would rule out certain guesses.

Don't have them here so I can measure. Sorry