size bolt cutter to cut 14 gauge welded wire

On Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:30:06 +0000, elrenaud posted for all of us to digest...

Try a Klein wire cutter. Look up the specs. I don't think you need bolt cutters but I'm not you.

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I'll admit I don't know what welded wire is but 14 gauge is pretty small. If it's copper can't you use wire cutters. If it's steel, mabye those that are 12" long. If not, I would think the next size up,

I would take a sample piece of the wire to a store and ask what they have to cut the wire.

'Welded wire' is usually an adjective applied to fencing. Diagonal cutters or tin snips will work.

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Likely steel wire. It may be soft enough to cut with diagonal cutters. Don't think I would use dikes to cut much of it. I think the smallest bolt cutters would work.

The "triplex" used by utilities for an overhead service drop is 2 insulated conductors with a bare aluminum wire, spiraled together. The bare aluminum wire is ACSR - aluminum conductor steel reinforcement; there is a steel support wire with the aluminum. If you try to cut that wire with cutters made for electrical wire the steel wire will put a nice notch in your cutters.

The stuff I'm thinking of is galvanized steel and is fairly soft but it's a step up from 20 gauge chicken wire. Bolt cutters would work but might be overkill. It would also depend on how much cutting you were going to do. Another factor is how tight you want to get to the weld so you don't leave a sharp stub.

Hog panels are the same grid construction with each joint welded but they're usually 4 or 5 gauge and you'd definitely want bolt cutters if not an angle grinder.

Yes, I have a galvanized steel (14 gauge) roll of fencing to cut for garden trellises. I bought it instead of cattle panels because c. panels look heavier than I can handle.

I have a galvanized steel (14 gauge) roll of fencing to cut for garden trellises. I bought it instead of cattle panels because c. panels look heavier than I can handle.

BTW, the bigger the cutter, the easier it will be to cut the wire, BUT the heavier the tool will be. So consider how many cuts you'll have to make, how far you'll have to carry the tool, will you need to carry it all day, if size will make it hard to store, what else you may want to use it for, if its jaws open wide enough for the other things, and cost. They had what seemed like a big sale on bolt cutters at iirc JCWhitney, so I bought a pair that were 3 feet long! Figured if I needed them, I'd really really need them. I haven't needed them for myself yet, but I want to be prepared. :-)

But I did see an add on Freecycle or some place, a woman who wanted to borrow a pair. Not only do I not want to lend something to someone I know nothing about, but it was my one chance to use them. So I insisted that I could come over and do it. A n'hood I'd never been to. No one answered the front door. I went around the back and she was there with a bicycle she wanted to cut the lock off of. Is she stealing the bike, I wondered. But I saw she had access to the house too. It took quite bit of force but the lock bolt snapped