But [Matthias Wandel] may be on to something. Here he’s using nichrome wire to reinforce the broken plastic part. The repair process is demonstrated in full in the video after the break.

The wire is fed through a stiff plastic tube into the jaws of the cutter. Choosing between cutting and stripping is a matter of aiming the wire for different areas on the cutter’s jaws ...

(Okay, sure, you actually need the spikes and wire-bending holes, too. The spikes are for reaming cut pipes, which is pretty important, and using the bending holes help you to control the ...