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189 Products

Wire Rope Cutters

Minimize material distortion while cutting steel and stainless steel wire rope.

High-Force Wire Rope Cutters

Cutters have double hinge that provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure.

Heavy Duty Wire Rope Cutters

Keep your hands in a comfortable position so you can apply more force for cutting.

Electrical-Insulating Wire Rope Cutters

Insulated handles protect against shock from accidental contact with live electrical circuits. These cutters are tested to 1,000 volts to meet IEC 60900 and ASTM F1505.

One-Handed Wire Rope Cutters

A small grip enables one-handed cutting.

Hydraulic-Assist Lever-Operated
Large-Diameter Wire Rope Cutters

These manually operated cutters make a clean cut with just a few pumps of the handle.

Hammer-Driven Large-Diameter Wire Rope Cutters

With a quick hammer blow, these cutters make cuts without squeezing or flattening wire.

Lever-Operated Bench-Mount Wire Rope Cutters

Use the lever to make one-handed cuts with minimal material distortion. Cutter mounts to a workbench for extra stability and ease of use for repeated cuts.

Flush-Cut Solid-Wire End Cutters

High-Force Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

A double hinge provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure.

Electrical-Insulating Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Insulated handles protect against shock from accidental contact with live electrical circuits. These cutters are tested to 1,000 volts to meet IEC 60900 and ASTM F1505.

Comfort-Grip Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Plastic-cushioned grips make these cutters easy to hold during repeated cuts.

Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Cut hard steel wire, nails, and small rivets close to the surface with the wide, flat jaws on these cutters.

Long-Life High-Force Wire
End Cutters for Hard Wire

The carbide-tipped steel jaws stay sharp longer than standard steel jaws. You can sharpen them as they wear. These cutters have a double hinge that provides high cutting force with low gripping pressure.

Wire End Cutters

Also known as nippers, these cutters have wide, flat jaws that cut steel wire and bolts close to the surface.

Precision Wire End Cutters

Make accurate, flush cuts through small wire with these tweezer-style cutters.

Corrosion-Resistant Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Made of stainless steel, these cutters won’t rust even when stored in damp environments. The grips drain static away from the blades to prevent damage to sensitive equipment from electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Snip wire close against circuit boards and other electronic components without building up electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Precision Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Shaped like tweezers, these cutters make accurate, flush cuts in small wire without damaging the surface underneath. The grips drain static away from the tips, protecting sensitive components from electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Compact Bolt Cutters

Make one-handed cuts with these small cutters.

Compact Bolt Cutter Sets

Keep a variety of small cutters on hand for cuts in tight spaces.

Flush-Cut Compact Bolt Cutters with Offset Handles

Handle is angled 30° to keep work in sight and hands clear of the work surface. Blades are flat on one side for close-to-the-surface cuts.

Compact Bolt Cutters with Offset Handles

An angled cutting head keeps handles up and out of the way for trimming bolts, chain, and wire against flat surfaces. Smaller than standard bolt cutters, these cutters can be used one-handed in tight spaces.

Bolt and Chain Cutters

Air-Powered Bolt and Chain Cutters

Slice through bolts and chain with low effort.

Easy-Cut Bolt and Chain Cutters

Leverage points on the jaws and handles let you cut through bolts, chains, and rods with 30% less effort than standard bolt cutters.

Electrical-Insulating Bolt and Chain Cutters

Insulated handles protect against shock from accidental contact with live electrical circuits. These cutters are tested to 1,000 volts to meet IEC 60900 and ASTM F1505.

Bolt and Chain Cutters with Offset Handles

The cutting head is angled 30° from the handles, so you can cut close to a surface or in a tight space without the handles getting in your way.

Bench-Mount Bolt, Hard Chain, and Padlock Cutters

Make repeated cuts in hard materials with cutters that mount for stability and provides extra leverage.

Bolt, Hard Chain, and Padlock Cutters

Cut through hard metal bolts, chain, and padlocks with these cutters.

Bolt and Chain Cutters

Cut medium steel chain and hard steel bolts, rods, screws, rivets, nails, bars, wire, and rebar.

Hydraulic-Assist Multipurpose Bolt, Wire Rope, and Cable Cutters

Hydraulic-Assist Multipurpose Bolt,
Wire Rope, and Cable Cutters

Hydraulic-powered jaws cut bolts, wire rope, rods, and electrical cable with low effort and minimal material distortion.

Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Coaxial and Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

Produce clean, distortion-free cuts in cable with one-handed operation.

Armored Building Cable and
Flexible-Conduit Cutters

Cut armored cable such as BX, HCF, and MC and flexible metal conduit.

Small-Diameter Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Use these one-handed cutters on small-diameter aluminum and copper power and communication cable.

Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

Make flush cuts through fiber-optic cable for clean connections and easy splicing.

Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Minimize wire distortion when cutting 11/16" diameter and larger aluminum and copper power and communication cable.

Electrical-Insulating Electrical
and Data Cable Cutters

Insulated handles protect against shock from accidental contact with live electrical circuits. These cutters are tested to 1,000 volts to meet IEC 60900 and ASTM F1505.

Easy-Cut Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Jaws ratchet to increase cutting pressure as you open and close the handles.

Cordless Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Push the button to cut aluminum and copper power and communication cable.

Electrical Wire and Cable Stripping and Crimping

Confined-Space Building Cable Strippers

Angled jaws let you insert building cable into the front of these strippers, so they’re useful in tight spots, such as inside electrical boxes.

Building Cable Strippers

Remove the outer and inner insulation of NM-B building cable, commonly found inside your walls running power to light fixtures and switches.

Squeeze-and-Strip Building Cable Strippers

With just a squeeze, strip and remove outer insulation from your cable.

Confined-Space Squeeze-and-Strip
Electrical Wire Strippers

Because you insert wire from the front, you can use this tool in tight spaces.

Electrical Wire Strippers

The plier nose on these wire strippers is useful for pulling and looping wire.

Electrical-Insulating Electrical Wire Strippers

To protect you against shock from accidental contact with live electrical circuits, these strippers have insulated handles.

Fiber-Optic Tool Kits

Cut and strip fiber-optic cable.

Wire Rope Cutters

Wire Rope Cutters

High-Force Wire Rope Cutters

Heavy Duty Wire Rope Cutters

Electrical-Insulating Wire Rope Cutters

One-Handed Wire Rope Cutters

Hydraulic-Assist Lever-OperatedLarge-Diameter Wire Rope Cutters

Hammer-Driven Large-Diameter Wire Rope Cutters

Lever-Operated Bench-Mount Wire Rope Cutters

Flush-Cut Solid-Wire End Cutters

High-Force Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Electrical-Insulating Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Comfort-Grip Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Wire End Cutters for Hard Wire

Long-Life High-Force WireEnd Cutters for Hard Wire

Wire End Cutters

Precision Wire End Cutters

Corrosion-Resistant Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Precision Static-Control Wire End Cutters

Compact Bolt Cutters

Compact Bolt Cutters

Compact Bolt Cutter Sets

Flush-Cut Compact Bolt Cutters with Offset Handles

Compact Bolt Cutters with Offset Handles

Bolt and Chain Cutters

Air-Powered Bolt and Chain Cutters

Easy-Cut Bolt and Chain Cutters

Electrical-Insulating Bolt and Chain Cutters

Bolt and Chain Cutters with Offset Handles

Bench-Mount Bolt, Hard Chain, and Padlock Cutters

Bolt, Hard Chain, and Padlock Cutters

Bolt and Chain Cutters

Hydraulic-Assist Multipurpose Bolt, Wire Rope, and Cable Cutters

Hydraulic-Assist Multipurpose Bolt,Wire Rope, and Cable Cutters

Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Coaxial and Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

Armored Building Cable andFlexible-Conduit Cutters

Small-Diameter Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Fiber-Optic Cable Cutters

Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Electrical-Insulating Electricaland Data Cable Cutters

Easy-Cut Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Cordless Electrical and Data Cable Cutters

Electrical Wire and Cable Stripping and Crimping

Confined-Space Building Cable Strippers

Building Cable Strippers

Squeeze-and-Strip Building Cable Strippers

Confined-Space Squeeze-and-StripElectrical Wire Strippers

Electrical Wire Strippers

Electrical-Insulating Electrical Wire Strippers

Fiber-Optic Tool Kits

Hydraulic-Assist Lever-Operated
Large-Diameter Wire Rope Cutters

Long-Life High-Force Wire
End Cutters for Hard Wire

Hydraulic-Assist Multipurpose Bolt,
Wire Rope, and Cable Cutters

Armored Building Cable and
Flexible-Conduit Cutters

Electrical-Insulating Electrical
and Data Cable Cutters

Confined-Space Squeeze-and-Strip
Electrical Wire Strippers