Claims
- 1. A method of trimming an end of a coaxial cable, comprising the steps of:
- positioning sections of a cable-holding member and a cutter-holding member at a distance from one another equal to the amount that is to be trimmed from a cable end;
- securing the cable-holding member and cutter-holding member together;
- clamping the end of the cable to be trimmed in the cable-holding member with the cable end being positioned against cutting blades of a cutter member;
- unsecuring the cable-holding member and cutter-holding member from each other;
- operating the cutter member so that the cutting blades trim the cable end until stop surfaces of the sections engage one another.
- 2. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cutter-holding member and the cutter member are operated as one unit by rotation.
- 3. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cutter member is rotated separate from said cutter-holding member.
- 4. A method as set forth in claim 1 comprising the further step of removing material trimmed from the cable end from the cutting blades.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 408,959, filed Aug. 17, 1982, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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