My coil master wire cutters are getting loose and dull. What are the best wire snips out there?
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Best quality wire snips?
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Ask Ray. He has a $40 pair of Lindstrom flush cutters that he swears by. I use tin snips for big stuff and scissors for little stuff like ribbon. I've been using the same stuff since I started and it all still works great.
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I just buy little flush cutters from Harbor Freight.
3.99 lasts about a year then buy another pair.
http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/pliers/micro-flush-cutter-90708.html
3.99 lasts about a year then buy another pair.
http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/pliers/micro-flush-cutter-90708.html
Please tell me how? I do sharpen my scissors carefully. I try to keep em clean and sharp, but once in a while I am lazy and need to cut something that I should not with them..... I tend to shy from sharpening because I know that if you dont do it right, you can actually mess them up.
A lot of Jewelers use Tronex, I shop a good bit for my coil building tools from Jewelry Suppliers
I view them as cheap consumables.
I have nice cutters for my electronics work.
But I do not cut stainless with them.
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I have a $5 pair I got on amazon that has been great for the last year
Same here with the HF ones. Starting to get a dead spot though.
Have to shell out another $4 i suppose.
I'm too poor to waste money on "Cheap"
I hear ya! Time is my most valuable commodity and so I stopped buying disposable tools around the age of 30. No offense to those who do but its just not worth it for me.I'm too poor to waste money on "Cheap"
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For thin wires, I don't use any cutters at all. I use RTAs with small chambers so the wire needs to be cut very close. So for thinner wires like 26AWG and thinner, I find that breaking the legs by wiggling them gets me a much closer break then any cutter I have used.
When I used thicker wires I used to use flush cutters I bought off fasttech and worked fine for me. I bet they have the same ones at HarborFreight for cheaper. Fasttech has decent prices on vape but I find many of their tools are way overpriced.
When I used thicker wires I used to use flush cutters I bought off fasttech and worked fine for me. I bet they have the same ones at HarborFreight for cheaper. Fasttech has decent prices on vape but I find many of their tools are way overpriced.
Yep, same here. That and long ago when I was in High School I used to be a wrench head, too many times I've lost skin from shitty tools breaking, stripping, etc., etc.. Life is too short to waste your time and loose skin and blood due to shitty tools
rant
I also hear people bitching about hex screws claiming they strip and pimping slot grubs. I'm confident to say 99.99% is due to them using the shit quality Allen key included and/or shit quality cheap Chinese Allen Keys. The Hex nut was created because Slot and Phillips strip so easily
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Works fine for basic wire, not so much for anything like Clapton, Fused Clapton's, etc.
I use these for snipping 12 AWG electrical wires. love 'em
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-8-in-Diagonal-Cutting-Pliers/50081450
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-8-in-Diagonal-Cutting-Pliers/50081450
Love the Tronex 5223, check out the nose and the flush cut. It'll get into very tight spaces and snip wire like butterI use these for snipping 12 AWG electrical wires. love 'em
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-8-in-Diagonal-Cutting-Pliers/50081450
I also have the Tronex 5082 for the really, really tight places. I don't use them that much but man when needed .............
Yes! I want to reach for a tool and have it work every time!!! Speaking of hex did you check out the Stewart Macdonald driver set i posted a while back? I think you'll appreciate it. I'm a guitar luthier so use it every day.Yep, same here. That and long ago when I was in High School I used to be a wrench head, too many times I've lost skin from shitty tools breaking, stripping, etc., etc.. Life is too short to waste your time and loose skin and blood due to shitty tools
rant
I also hear people bitching about hex screws claiming they strip and pimping slot grubs. I'm confident to say 99.99% is due to them using the shit quality Allen key included and/or shit quality cheap Chinese Allen Keys. The Hex nut was created because Slot and Phillips strip so easily
/rant
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Nice! I knew I would get some great suggetions here. Thanks guys.
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Think I missed that one, I have a set of Whia I've been using.
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I think im going for the tronex 5223 and the 5082. The 5082 looks like it'll easily be able to reach in and clip leads between post and coil. Sweet just what im looking for
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Cool, I think you'll really like them, I sure do.
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Crap
I missed that thread when I was looking for some quality cutters http://vapingunderground.com/thread...rs-anyone-who-owns-those.335740/#post-1789117
Now I am waiting for Erem 822N Swiss made flush cutters, according to data sheet and some other resources, those are guaranteed to cut 15 AWG SS or even larger if counting precise hardness of the wire - I found the source where it is stated that 1.5mm (approximately 15 AWG) SS 316L wire has 500 MPa and Erem 822N is guaranteed to cut 1.2mm of 800 MPa.
Just another 2 cents
I missed that thread when I was looking for some quality cutters http://vapingunderground.com/thread...rs-anyone-who-owns-those.335740/#post-1789117
Now I am waiting for Erem 822N Swiss made flush cutters, according to data sheet and some other resources, those are guaranteed to cut 15 AWG SS or even larger if counting precise hardness of the wire - I found the source where it is stated that 1.5mm (approximately 15 AWG) SS 316L wire has 500 MPa and Erem 822N is guaranteed to cut 1.2mm of 800 MPa.
Just another 2 cents