WiHa Flush Cutting Pliers $17.00 (Nerdtool)
Sure beats the fifty to seventy dollars for other brands. This pliers is for circuit board work. The Hakko pliers I bought got chipped out on 20 gauge copper wire - junk. http://www.ebay.com/itm/33...
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You need the right tool to do the job right.
Flush cutters are designed to cut components leads that have been soldered into a board, trim wire connections on switches, etc.
Tight, close work. You can cut an IC out leg by leg
The blades meet flush, not like scissors (shear cut) and can cut flush to the PWB. They can cut 30ga just fine.
For bigger than 20ga you would get out your Kleins like this ONE.
For your 10 ga to 2/0 etc you would use a pair like THESE.
A hard cable to cut is large gauge welding cable; big diameter with really fine strands.
I used to install telephone charging systems; three 48 VDC 1600Adc, three phase chargers connected to a bank of 24 4' X 2' square 2 volt batteries. The DC run to the main panel was 24 750MCM stranded cables.
Spent years on the bench too.
Flush cutters are designed to cut components leads that have been soldered into a board, trim wire connections on switches, etc.
Tight, close work. You can cut an IC out leg by leg
The blades meet flush, not like scissors (shear cut) and can cut flush to the PWB. They can cut 30ga just fine.
For bigger than 20ga you would get out your Kleins like this ONE.
For your 10 ga to 2/0 etc you would use a pair like THESE.
A hard cable to cut is large gauge welding cable; big diameter with really fine strands.
I used to install telephone charging systems; three 48 VDC 1600Adc, three phase chargers connected to a bank of 24 4' X 2' square 2 volt batteries. The DC run to the main panel was 24 750MCM stranded cables.
Spent years on the bench too.
