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From: Michael A. Terrell on 16 Feb 2010 00:17 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: > > In article <4b789ff5$0$31011$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > RFI-EMI-GUY <Rhyolite(a)NETTALLY.COM> wrote: > > I picked up a barely used set of Lindstrom (Sweden)Model Rx 8142. I am > > not sure if the angle is more than 30 degrees, but very well balanced > > and cushioned. I have forbidden the family to use them! My other cutters > > look like they have been used for cutting iron nails! > > Cutting nails shouldn't worry a decent pair of cutters. But obviously > smaller ones could bend if trying to cut a large nail. Small electronic > cutters should only be used for that purpose. Larger electrician's type > will survive lots of abuse if of good quality. A small pair of bolt cutters would be better for nails. Especially cut nails, made for masonry work. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 16 Feb 2010 00:18 life imitates life wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:16:28 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" > <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >A test for *any* decent cutter is piano wire. Properly hardened jaws won't > >be damaged by this. > > You are an idiot, and a troll. > > Piano wire is cut with a heavy shear, not a nip cutter. There are no > nip style cutters made meant for steel with the exception of bolt cutters > and they are a completely different animal. That is why a block shear > cutter is used. Do they use a block shear to cut your hair, blockhead? -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 16 Feb 2010 00:20 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: > > In article <47ajn550er7a9d2ooo68mkg3godgcu9gqd(a)4ax.com>, > MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org > <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > > >If your favourite brand fails this go get a decent one. > > > Wrong. It is the standard "destructive" analysis. There are other > > methods for testing the hardness without damaging the cutting face. > > That's the whole point. They don't damage decent ones. I'm not interested > in your cheap shoddy ones. Dimbulb wouldn't be alive if his cheapskate dad didn't reuse the used condoms he fished out of a gas station toilet. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 16 Feb 2010 09:06 In article <0Swen.297832$N07.65656(a)en-nntp-05.dc1.easynews.com>, Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill(a)XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote: > My Channelock side cutters and several other wire cutters I own have cut > lots of nails, been used to pull nails and large steel staples, even at > the tips of the cutting edges, without damage to the tools. I don't try > to cut drywall screws with them, or twist drills, or endmills. They > still cut stranded or solid copper wire and cables just fine, and nylon > cord or steel coat hanger wire or any other materials that I need them > to cut, essentially like they were still new. > The only attention that these cutters and pliers have needed in many > years of use, is an occasional 1 or 2 drops of oil at the hinge, and > proper storage. > There's no need, or point for any typical hostile anarchist replies. I > don't play these games. Shear type cutters would have to be vastly heavier to cut wire etc - they have a tendency to spring open when doing this. Bolt cutters are simply a heavy duty version of side cutters. -- *People want trepanners like they want a hole in the head* Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.
From: Greegor on 16 Feb 2010 12:16
On Feb 16, 7:13 am, "Wild_Bill" wrote: WB > [...] There's no need, or point for any typical WB > hostile anarchist replies. I don't play these games. That's an interesting take on this "life imitates life" nym shifter. It would explain the "Always Wrong" moniker though! I wonder if in real life he's really the angry radicalized sociopathic misfit he appears to be on usenet... |