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You saved me buying a tool that may never be used again, nice tip. I don't know why the haters are throwing shade towards you, forget about them. Thanks.

Thank God for KZfaq! 🙌🏾 Where was this when I was a kid and had so many other miscellaneous questions 🤦🏾‍♂️

This is great! I have vice grips, and a few pieces of MC to strip. Saved me from buying the tool when doing “midnight” electrical and Home Depot is closed. THANK YOU!

So glad I looked this up & found this video. You just spared my husband a huge headache & helped him be safe. He is not an electrician and what he wanted to do looked questionable to me. Lol He said he really appreciates your video so Thank You!!

You just saved me about 5 hours of work. I am not an electrician, I do not own the perfect tools, but I do have pliers. Thanks Man!

Get this man a beer

You saved me lot of time with that easy trick. Thanks you.

Great vid. This will help me out so much when working with Flex MC. I think I spent multiple hours the other night working with an armored fiber cable using this Flex MC.

Fantastic Information for those of us who can't buy "special tools" for that one or two times we have the need. Thanks!!!

Amazing - so easy, and the wires in the whip did not get damaged in the slightest! If I could upvote by 10 I would! I only had one vice grip and some heavy-duty ratcheting pliers (Robo Grip) -- that worked just fine. After the spiral was opened up, I used the tin snips to cut the metal whip, to keep the wires protected. Pliers to flatten the end of the cut piece, and tin snips to trip the end to make a level end. The collar from the uncut end of the whip screwed right into the cut end and once tighted protected the wires once again!

Worked like a dream!!! Excellent!! Thank you very much!!!👍

Wow! Your genius is in your simplicity. Thanks!

I am not an electrician and have in the past cut the wires while removing the MC cable. Thanks for the easy solution.

Great tip! Saves time, money, and effort. I've been using the hacksaw technique. Your technique is far superior. Thank you for the video.

Best technique and demonstration I've ever seen on KZfaq. This is the best. Thank you.

Thanks Bro! I had 20 cables to cut, I am not an electrician and your video saved me from buying mc cable cutting tool

Thanks. I love the bug noises

Thank you for knowing and THANK YOU for sharing!!!!!! ❤

I'd like the unwind method, but I would cut it clean with a snip. That way the plastic anti-cut bushing will seat properly inside the ends. Thanks

Too easy, awesome!! Thank you for the help!!

i never thought of doing it that way,,far easier and less chance of cutting the wire using a hack saw thanks so much

Awesome video for a rookie!

Brilliant! Thanks for the tip!

Brilliant, just what I needed, thx much!

Thank you brother!! Life saver

Cool trick I have never seen this technique ever

Thanks for sharing this trick!

This is awesome, glad i found this video 😁👍

I was working with some 6 /4 today. Too big for my rotosplits. But I discovered that I could use my dykes to snip one rib and then twist it apart. For the most part, the cuts were pretty clean.

Thank you.

Gracias muchacho, you saved me from buying a tool 👍🏼

I almost NEVER comment. This was so helpful. Thank you!!!! I immediately subscribed.

Thank you. My daughters attic has a live cable that I can't figure out where it runs to. Or why it's there. I plan on just cutting it short, putting it into a J box and capping off the wires. This is exactly what I needed to know.

Good video, helpful. If doing alot of work, there is a tool for this . It takes less than 5 seconds.

Perfect video. Quick and easy.

Thanks! Worked right away on my thick hot tub wire coating.

Dude you are a rock star.. thanks...

Wow. Thanks for posting this!

you just saved me a world of headache. Thanks!

Ugh, 40 minutes with tin snips and THEN i go to youtube university. Thanks for sharing!

TY. 👍 Good information such as this is disappearing from youtube.

Thank you so much, I’m subscribing to you for this helpful video!

Great video!!!

Awesome tip bro!

Current cable maker here, just buy a roto-split and save yourself the time. A hacksaw also works good. They both don't make a mess.

Brilliant

Thanks

Sweet good tip for demo

Perfect. Thanks!

Well done buddy. You solved my mystery.

Damn great tip bro!

I do this with my hands 100x a day lol

Great hack buddy!

Thank sir!

"Complete safe" -- except for the jagged end, that's too irregular to accept the required plastic bushing. No electrical inspector in the world would pass that.

Thanks for the info.

Thank You !

what about adding into one in an attic to add a light

Installing a second ground rod to accommodate a local code requirement for a solar panel installation. I quickly peeled back the armored cable, thank you for this technique.

Not a bad hack, will try it, thanks

Bravo!!

Thank you

Sweet thanks

Can i use MC cable for outdoor application?

Not all heroes wear capes, some have two vise grips

Or use a roto splitter?

Just snap it with your hands and cut it with diagonal cutters way easier.

Snapped!

Good idea but use snips instead of bending till it breaks

Two tools....and said maybe use a third one. U can do that by hand or one tool.

Brilliant! :-)

Nice

Thanks 🙂

Get a green lee wire cutter those old conductors are frail junk

👍

Wiggle it just a little bit...lol. Great job. Thanks man

Funny that you still need a pair of diagonal cutters (the only tool you ever needed to do this in the first place) to clean up the edge left on the metal sheathing.

SAVIOR!

WILL THAT WORK WITH 3/4"

This is called a hack method. This method could damage the conductors depending on the type of cable. It works fine (as illustrated) fir fixture wire but I would fail you as an inspector if I saw this method implemented in the field.

I use wat we call a can opener

No. Thank you!

That's flexible conduit. The cable is inside.

Why not just get the correct tool it only takes 5 seconds. Just saYin

Takes 10sec with my Klein ac/bx cutter...

Stud.

People pls don’t do this, it’s a horrible way of stripping back your MC. It can easily be done by hand with a simple bend and snap. Inspect the wire and make sure sharp edges don’t cut into the wire.

Honestly, you can do the same thing with your hands-just take MC and bend it sharply into a U shape and squeeze until it splits in half then fold it the other way, and then use a pair of dikes to cut. Don’t forget your red plastic anti-short bushing.

Bro i hope this is a joke .....

a novice handy man will kink or splice that wire with a burr

Just get a can opener 😅

NOOOOO

I just bend both sides and it breaks then I twist and cut the slake of the armor with side cutters then pull the metal sheath off done. Less then this takes.

I did this then my house burned down.

Omg man SPIT IT OUT

This is absolutely ridiculous. Just take some diagonal cutters and clip a rib, twist and remove. 3 seconds flat.

Lol

Mc cutters 15 dollars at home depot 👌

Obviously not an electrician!