Cable preparation machine

A cable preparation machine comprising:

• a frame forming a cable cutting zone, the frame having a cable opening along a cable axis at the cable cutting zone receiving an end of a cable;
• a pulley assembly rotatably coupled to the frame about the cable axis;
• a drive assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly to rotate the pulley assembly about the cable axis;
• and
• a blade assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly and rotated with the pulley assembly about the cable axis, the blade assembly is configured for cutting an insulator from the end of the cable in a first cutting configuration when the cable is positioned in the cable opening and the blade assembly is configured for cutting a cable braid from the end of the cable in a second cutting configuration when the cable is positioned in the cable opening;
• wherein the pulley assembly rotates the blade assembly about the cable opening such that the blade assembly is configured to cut the insulator and cut the cable braid using different cutting blades of the blade assembly without removing the cable from the cable opening.