"Flush-Cut Nippers or Side-Cut Pliers?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	07 Sep 2019 8:51 p.m. PST
Best tool for separating plastic parts from the sprue?
MajorB	08 Sep 2019 7:09 a.m. PST
What's the difference?
Dagwood	08 Sep 2019 8:35 a.m. PST
Flush cut nippers. Generally gives a neater cut to the "good" side, no need for any subsequent filing.
rmaker	08 Sep 2019 3:11 p.m. PST
Dagwood +1.
Narratio	09 Sep 2019 6:10 a.m. PST
Flush cut.
UncleHex	10 Sep 2019 8:05 a.m. PST
Definitely flush cutters but you have to be disciplined and only use them for plastics. They soon loose that perfect edge if you start chopping off bits of white metal castings. I keep one for plastics only and go through about one every couple of years for metals. Never be tempted to use them for anything stronger like brass or they quickly get ruined and I, at least, have never managed to sharpen them effectively afterwards.
wrgmr1	10 Sep 2019 10:38 a.m. PST
Flush Cut.

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