Triangle Armored Cable Tool

[Plyerman]

For cutting and working on "BX" armored conduit, straight out of Wile E. Coyote's workshop. Electricians I know just use a hacksaw. Must be they never heard of this Goldbergian contraption. Patent No. 1,670,250 from 1928.

[Plyerman]

Datamp patent info: http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=1670250&typeCode=0

[Plyerman]

Up here in my neck of the woods they call the stuff flexible conduit, or just plain BX

[lptools]

Hello, plyerman. Very cool looking tool!!! The electricians in our shop use a hacksaw for the most part. Some of the guys use a hand held rotary cutter. Thanks  for sharing, Lou

[amecks]

What a pair of pliers!  But it sorta looks like a blood blister waiting to happen.

[rustyfordgarage]

I hate armored wire, I'll take three.  I have a hand vice somewhere for cutting the stuff straight with a hacksaw.

[Yadda]

One of my favorite contraptions.  I keep looking for one.

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One of my favorite contraptions.  I keep looking for one.

message me, I would sell mine

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[Plyerman]

Anybody watch the videos that this Tubalcain guy puts up on youtube? They are pretty entertaining really. Anyhow, here is one where he does a demonstration of the Triangle tool in action:

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex-CS7QXhL8&list=PL6HIFled82YVenSVXI6v7gfU1psLIJjkF

[Yadda]

Cool video!

[Bill Houghton]

I loaned my son two of the hand-crank type BX cutters and asked him to return one when he'd tried them out...hmmm...I need to ask him again, since I haven't seen either one since.

I've used a hacksaw, too, but it can be frustrating.  I have learned that it's worth getting out the saw with the 32-tpi blade on it.

[rustyfordgarage]

Tubalcain , Keith Rucker(vintagemachinery) and Tom Lipton(oxtoolco) to name a few, they all have different old tools from time to time.

[pritch]

Funny, around here they call that conduit MC.

[Plyerman]

Tubalcain , Keith Rucker(vintagemachinery) and Tom Lipton(oxtoolco) to name a few, they all have different old tools from time to time.

The way a lot of these youtube guys drone on and on in a monotone voice, makes me want to shoot myself. Or shoot them. I turn the sound off after about 30 seconds. But I like that Tubalcain guy. Just the way he presents himself you can tell he's a very down to earth sort of guy.