Went with the handheld cable cutter over the bench mount and kinda regret it now

Had to replace all the shift housing on a customer's touring bike last Thursday and couldn't decide between a Park Tool CN-10 or just using my old snippers. Picked the handheld cutter because I thought it'd be faster for 4 cables, but the frayed ends made my ferrules pop off twice. Any of you guys swear by the bench mount for shop work or am I just bad at holding the tool steady?

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jamienguyen1mo ago

Honestly, my buddy had the same frustration at his shop and ended up just clamping his handheld cutter in a vise, worked way better than he expected. Ngl, that bench mount is probably the move if you're doing it daily.

craig.tessa1mo ago

Yeah, vise trick works till you need to move around the piece.