Rotating tool for hardened cable-protective shield

A tool for processing a cable having a hardened shield and a core containing electrical connectors and surrounded by the hardened shield, the tool comprising:

• a spindle support unit operable to receive the cable;
• a spindle unit configured with
• a housing extending along a longitudinal axis and a cutting wheel mounted to the housing so as to rotate about the longitudinal axis, the housing being pivotally coupled to the spindle support unit so as to controllably vary a depth of penetration of the cutting wheel to sequentially cut the hardened shield and core of the cable, and
• a shaft unit mounted in the housing and a cutting wheel on a distal end of the shaft unit;
• a support bracket removably coupled to the spindle support unit and configured to receive the housing of the spindle unit so that the housing and the support bracket are operable to pivot relative to one another;
• and
• an actuating unit operable to pivot the spindle unit and the support bracket relative to one another so as to vary the depth of penetration of the cutting wheel into the cable, the actuating unit having a knob rotatably mounted to the support bracket and rotatably fixed to the housing of the spindle unit so that the housing is pivotal in response to a torque applied to the knob.