Shortening throttle cables?

Anyone know the best way to cut the inner of a bowden cable tidily,
i.e. without it unravelling before I get the new nipple soldered on?
Is there a right tool for the job or does a Dremel and duct tape work?

 

Stick a blob of solder on it?

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Clean it up with meths or similar, flux it with plumber's flux and
solder the bit you want to cut.

 

I have a rather natty cutter for cables, got it from the local pushbike
emporium.


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I usually lay the cable across the vice and cut it with a sharp chisel.
Never buggered up the end of a cable yet.

Oily

 

Aye, I have one of they too. jaws have inverse angles and pinch the cable
together while shearing it, so that it doesn't unravel.

Baker's fluid is the stuff for soldering 'em though.