"Ox" brand olive cutters - nfg

[WC1]

Replacing 15 x stopcocks @ 22mm thought I'd try cutters as usually I pull 'em and space was tight.
These Ox brand 22mm cutters just deform the olive and score the pipe.
The jaws don't close properly as witnessed by the burr where the handles meet (pictured) preventing cutting of the olive.
Cost me a load of junior hacksaw and screwdriver which I could have done without.
Load of carp.

 

[Stigster]

I gave up on olive pullers and splitters. The pullers only fit one of the two common nut thread types and I had two olive splitters in a row have their blade break as if they were ridiculously over-hardened. They only need to cut copper and brass so I don't know what that's all about.

I feel your pain on having to do so many of them but I just do it the old fashioned way. If they weren't over tightened in the first place I can usually give them a bit of a squeeze with pump pliers in a couple of places and slide them off. If not it back to the old hacksaw and screwdriver method.

 

[JCplumb]

Looking at the reviews on Amazon - you're not on your own, lots of bad reviews.
The monument ones that look almost the same work a lot better if the reviews are anything to go by, £30 a pair though. Not a bad price if you're doing 15 stop taps in one go.

 

[Gasmk1]

i have the monument one 15 and 22 never had a problem with them

 

[WC1]

I wrote to ox and said "these things dont work"
They said "sorry about that, we'll send you a refund"
They did not say "what was the problem"
Either they know the problem but are selling them anyway or they don't know the problem and don't care.
I'll try the monument next time.
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