My coil master wire cutters are getting loose and dull. What are the best wire snips out there?
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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.My coil master wire cutters are getting loose and dull. What are the best wire snips out there?
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if all else fails, nail clippers lol
am I the only one here the resharpens their cutters...?
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Very helpful. Thats a brand i didnt knowExpensive but I swear by them
Tronex 5223
Less expensive but very good quality
Xuron 2175
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Quality?! Yeah rite Harbor FrightI 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
A lot of Jewelers use Tronex, I shop a good bit for my coil building tools from Jewelry SuppliersVery helpful. Thats a brand i didnt know
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I view them as cheap consumables.Quality?! Yeah rite Harbor Fright
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Same here with the HF ones. Starting to get a dead spot though.I have a $5 pair I got on amazon that has been great for the last year
I'm too poor to waste money on "Cheap"I view them as cheap consumables.
I have nice cutters for my electronics work.
But I do not cut stainless with them.
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"
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 toolsI 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.
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Works fine for basic wire, not so much for anything like Clapton, Fused Clapton's, etc.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.
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
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
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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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Nice! I knew I would get some great suggetions here. Thanks guys.ooooo la la. Very nice!
Think I missed that one, I have a set of Whia I've been using.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.
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Cool, I think you'll really like them, I sure do.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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