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Different brand, but I dropped one of these and it exploded violently. The metal snapped as it unraveled, breaking into pieces. There is no way for me to ravel it back and I’m going to have to rent a dumpster just for this fucking metal string because it won’t fit into the garbage can.

This tool works, but Jesus Christ, if it fails your day is ruined.

>> No.2677452

>>2677441
fish tape can separate the men from the boys. an electrician that cant fish a wire will forever be soft handed. but yeah they absolutely suck ass when the housing breaks, i usually coil up the biggest lengths and keep them for fishing small wire behind a wall.

>> No.2677455

Just break it into smaller pieces that will fit. Or drive trough a poor neighborhood and toss it from your window.

>> No.2677456

>>2677441
Everybody knows the fiberglass models are superior

>> No.2677467

>>2677456
This is true

>> No.2677481

>>2677456
>>2677467
You two obviously haven't had the pleasure of Milwaukee's nylon coated twisted metal fish tape, have fun with your fiberglass splinters though.

>> No.2677485

>>2677481
Only goes up to 50ft, chud. When your going through conduits that are 100s of feet long, fiberglass just ain’t gonna cut it.

>> No.2677488

>>2677485
I meant the braided Milwaukee . Not fiberglass

>> No.2677489

>>2677485
Maybe babys first supply house only carries a 50' but I got 200 feet of that low drag fishing tape. slides right in,just like i do into your mom when she's ovulating.

>> No.2677493

>>2677489
Did you really need to be rude? Chill out with the disrespect

>> No.2677496

>>2677493
BTW, your dad films it and faps to your mom getting fucked when she's ovulating. Not trying to be rude just wanted to be honest.

>> No.2677498

Oh sorry you must be one of those nu-apprentices, you probably refer to dikes as "diagonal cutters" don't you?

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2677503

>>2677493
You started with the chud shit because you're ignorant as hell.

>>2677455
Would need a cutoff disc. They're harder steel than your pliers. Could probably tape it up a couple times.

Easily find the 500' little buddy for small conduits. Here's this for bigger conduits.

>> No.2677532

>>2677481
> nylon coated
Are you implying you don’t carry econo-tubs of silicone astroglide with you on site? Ughh..

>> No.2677534

>>2677503
> You started with the chud
It’s a joke, do you really think anyone of 4chan is calling you a chud unironically?
Don’t be rude

>> No.2677536

>>2677532
The butt butter is for the conductors,if you need to lube your fish tape you're doing something wrongo.

>> No.2677751

>>2677536
never too much lube bud, the bigger the glob the better the job

>> No.2677849

>>2677441
These work on new builds.
God help you if you try to use them on an old farmhouse. You're better off just ripping down the drywall

>> No.2678409

what an awful fucking cut around that 2 gang mudring. thanks a lot senior lopez

>> No.2678507

>>2677503
Hammer and a big rock. Bend it, flatten it with the hammer and it will break.

>> No.2678803

>>2677441
Post pictures you fucking LIAR

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2678852

>>2677441

I had one of these, I fuck hate it when they get binded inside the case. Nothing but problems with that stuff

I use pvc snake twisted wire now, fucking brilliant shit!!!!

>> No.2680573

>>2677441

If you don't use Klein then FUCK YOU

>> No.2680583

>>2678409
You didn't notice the brand new gloves and fish tape? This is an electrician's picture. No way he can cut nicer holes than Miguel... But- he can afford brand new shit for every jobsite.

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2680626

Just ordered GenderBender because it was only $15 dollars and I have to run a usb wire 5’.
Expectations are low

>> No.2680635
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2680635

>>2677485
if your running conduits you just shoot some mule tape down with compressed air
you can fire that shit down thousands of feet of conduit its got a 3k lb pull rating

>> No.2680655

>>2680635
I do the same for the big runs. I make a ball out of tape to fit the conduit to get the compressed air a better chance of pushing the mule tape. I have done the same with para cord and various other things.

>> No.2680720

>>2680635
I wish I could get that here in Europoorland. The fashionable thing round these parts is crimping a brass bullet like tip to your cable (conduit caliber, i.e. bigger than the cable) and then forcing the cable through with a ridiculously expensive (~10k Euros) compressed air gadget that forces the bullet tip through the conduit on a head of compressed air. Hence there's no mule tape to be had. Though it surely looks like one could substitute the plastic tape used to seal cardboard crates in a pinch.

>> No.2680749

>>2680635
what about a vacuum?

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2680758

>>2680635
>>2680720
If youre.not doing a 5000nft long subdued run at a time, a vacuum with a bucket of hetline works for establishing the path.

Then you replace the jetline with muletape.

Little foam plugs pictured here are only good in brand new perfect conduit, otherwise just using someone ziplock snack bag works great because it can go over obstacles

>> No.2680759

>>2680758
*subdued
*jetline

>> No.2682423

>>2677441
A LP torch might quickly anneal enough spots to wad it into a ball. Heat, fold, heat, fold etc.

>> No.2682858

>>2677441
>and it exploded violently
by that, do you mean unraveled violently?