Used mine in August. You still find a lot of Metal sheathed cable in the fire industry Plus in fuel depots. But it is a dead art, as now any dead cable is replaced with ne FP200 fire alarm cable. But I must one of the few who still can do it.
petrol pumps are all wired in it using flameproof motors what I used to do was buy the metric brass pots slightly smaller and re thread them unf and screw them on to the imperial pyro worked a treat
doing literlay hundreds of them over the years I only ever cocked one end up when the cables were made off you had to identify and sleeve the cores and test them for shorts. nowadays you use a test meter in them days you were given a bell and a battery with leads to test. it rang when you identified the cores .that where the saying comes from bell it out
I reckon ive had it for 20+ years and never even wondered what it was till now, Ive inhereted 3 lots of tools over the years my grandads my dads and unfortunately my brothers recently probably got 2 or three boxes i still need to look through
ive seen cable cut back sleeved and a blob of silicone over the ends in to stuffing gland it would probably last for donkeys years if it wasn't disturbed
cheapskate firms wouldn't buy the proper tool .just a length of 6mm rod with a bent handle with a slit in the end that you peeled the outer sheath off similar to a corned beef tin opener
