Re: Unravelling old BX cable?

[Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>]

On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Steve Hammatt wrote:

> Jim
> I may be wrong on this, but I'm thinking that you'd 'bend' the armor 
> in a curve, then take a hacksaw and cut thru one link, bend further 
> and then snip the remainder clean.
> Steve
>

You're correct, but I should have been clearer. The cable is barely 
protruding from the ceiling, in the recess left by the old box I took 
out. So there's no room for a hacksaw. There's room for a Dremel, but 
mine is a 60 minute round trip away.

jim