3/4" Coaxial Cable Cutter – Chrome Vanadium Steel Cutter for Hard Line Coax & Fiber Cable (JIC-750)

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Hardline coax is a tube, and a tube cut with a blade gets flattened at the end, which is exactly where the connector has to seat on a round outer conductor. The Jonard Tools JIC-750 is the cutter made for it, the one techs call a banana cutter for the shape of its jaws: it closes around hardline up to 3/4 in (19.05 mm) and cuts the way a tube cutter does, so the end comes off round, with no compression and no frayed strands, and the cable is ready for prep without a second cut. The same action suits larger fiber cables. The jaws are chrome vanadium steel with induction-hardened cutting edges, 1-1/4 in wide and 1/4 in thick, and the handle has a dipped plastic grip for comfort and torque. It's for copper and aluminum cable, not steel.

Features

• Up to 3/4 in hardline coax. Cleanly cuts hardline coaxial cable to 19.05 mm and larger fiber cables without compressed or frayed ends.
• Cuts like a tube cutter. The curved jaws close around the cable instead of crushing it, so the end stays round and the cable isn't distorted during prep.
• Chrome vanadium steel, induction-hardened edges. Strength and durability in the jaws, long life at the cutting edge.
• 1-1/4 in jaw width, 1/4 in jaw thickness. A wide jaw that supports the cable through the cut.
• Dipped plastic grip. Ergonomic handle for comfort and torque.
• Not for steel cable. Copper and aluminum conductor only.

Where It Fits

It suits CATV and broadband technicians cutting 1/2 in and 3/4 in hardline at the tap, the amplifier, and the splice, where a round end is the difference between a connector that seats and one that leaks, cellular and DAS crews cutting corrugated and smooth-wall coax feeders on the tower and in the headend, broadcast and RF engineers prepping hardline jumpers at the transmitter, fiber crews cutting large loose-tube and armored fiber cable where a shearing cutter mangles the sheath, anyone who has cut hardline with a hacksaw and then spent ten minutes rounding the end, and a truck that wants one cutter for the big coax instead of a saw and a file. For RG6 and RG59 with a steel center conductor, the JIC-725; for soft copper up to 6 AWG, the JIC-625; for large power conductors, the RC-series ratcheting cutters.

Good to Know

Seat the cable fully in the curved jaws, square to the blades, and close the handles in one steady squeeze; the jaws do the rounding, but only if the cable is sitting in them rather than across them. A cut that stalls partway means the cable is over the 3/4 in rating or the jaws aren't closed around it. Hardline comes in several constructions, and the cutter is rated by outside diameter, not by type; measure a cable you haven't cut before, since 7/8 in and larger need a different tool. After the cut, look at the end: a round outer conductor with the dielectric flush is what the connector needs, and a flat spot means the cable shifted during the cut. The tool is for copper and aluminum; steel-armored cable, messenger, strand, and anything with a steel core will notch the edge, and the sheet says so in plain words. On fiber cable, the tube-cutter action protects the fibers inside better than a shear does, but the end still needs to be opened with a slitter or a ring tool before the fibers are reached. Wipe aluminum smear off the blades after cutting aluminum hardline, and a wipe of oil on the pivot keeps the action smooth. Confirm the line is dead before cutting; hardline on a CATV plant carries power to amplifiers, and the grips aren't insulation.

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