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12-17-2009, 09:14 PM | #1 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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| Easy cutting of 6 or 8/32 screws/allthread
Here is an easy way to cut 6 or 8/32 screws or allthread. Wire cutters leave little or no burs to clean up! They are useful for other projects around the house too! The curved handled wire strippers are easy on the hands and are worth it, $10-15 for good ones. Last edited by racerfred; 03-12-2010 at 06:59 PM. Reason: moved pic |
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12-17-2009, 09:58 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: behind the wheel of a monster truck...
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Or you can just go to Fastenal and buy 8-32 set screws.. |
12-19-2009, 10:25 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: four o six
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Dremal with an abrasive disk..after you cut it, you can debur it...way better job than the pliers..they will fail...maybe after 30 or so cuts..but they will fail.
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12-20-2009, 12:40 AM | #4 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lancaster
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Perhaps you just havent bought the great quality klein brand :-P | |
12-20-2009, 12:44 AM | #5 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Longmont
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Did I miss something? I didn't see where the OP was talking about set screws. I think a decent pair might last a bit longer than 30 cuts. My hand me down set of Klein wire cutters similar to those shown is nearly 25 years old. My Dad used them for 10 years before he gave them to me around the time I graduated from high school. I've been using the pliers for 15 years and it still cuts screws just like it was new, hundreds and hundreds of cuts later. No deburring necessary either, when you back the screw out of the cutter it cleans up the threads for you. | |
12-20-2009, 10:02 AM | #6 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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The strippers shown are from sears, don't use them every day so they would last a lot longer than Katon's. I have seen a metric wire strippers too, it has five cutters 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and 5mm but they were cheapies.
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12-20-2009, 05:18 PM | #7 |
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12-20-2009, 05:21 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: behind the wheel of a monster truck...
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I'm a union Ironworker and I too love my Klein tools!!!Got a whole bag of them... Buying 8-32 set screws from fastenal is just so easy and cheap though.. |
12-21-2009, 05:10 AM | #9 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NH
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x2 on the klein tools, used them for 15+ years never once had a failure and when I was doing industrial maintenance I sometimes used my strippers/ bolt cutters on allen bolts and those are much harder than threaded rod | |
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12-22-2009, 09:24 AM | #11 | |
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12-22-2009, 07:11 PM | #12 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: four o six
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thats what we have in our shop...works great...this is why I use a dremal and a fiber disk. Kinda figured some of us would be in the Electrial field...only makes sense huh.... | |
12-22-2009, 08:49 PM | #13 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada
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I use either my dremel with a cutoff wheel until that wears out or a hacksaw, vice and a file to smooth it out afterwards. I have some T&B wire cutters and it looks like the threaded hole only bends the all thread vs cutting (just tried it). Now I didn't try my other pair of cutters..hmm. |
12-22-2009, 09:21 PM | #14 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SF
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This is why RCC is so great. I've been running a 8/32 die backwards down the all thread, cutting with big Knipex dikes, chasing the thread ends with the die and cringing the whole way. Thanks, I'm on the way to sears, us vehicle mechanics don't have those wacky plier strippers you're all talking about, and if we do, we can't find them in the bottom of our toolboxes!
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12-26-2009, 12:57 PM | #15 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Laval
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Are the fasteners case hardened? Grind off excess threads and chamfer thread end so it starts easier in the nut. If your fastener are not hardened, cut with hacksaw in a vise and chamfer threads. DON'T FORGET THE SAFETY GLASSES! |
12-27-2009, 11:33 PM | #16 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario Canada
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Good trick. I have a pair of Kleins as well..and i've used them for the same purpose...all my tools are either Green Lee or Klein...and i'm a 1st year apprentice electrician (looking for someone to take me on actually..)....love my tools..!
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05-26-2010, 10:25 PM | #17 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco
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Neat idea to do it. I just whip out the trusty dremel, hit the all thread, and then take the burrs off the ends with our bench grinder (a must or you WILL tear up your rod ends... TRUST ME I know ) I have some other ideas i mind but they aren't friendly to people who don't have access to a full blown machine shop |
06-11-2010, 11:26 AM | #18 |
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One more tried an true tip. Thread a nut on to the rod before you cut it. then after you cut the rod, hit it on the sander then unthread the nut and it'll unbooger the threads when you take it off.
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06-16-2010, 07:00 AM | #19 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fortuna Calif.
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| Ding Ding Ding we have a winner. That the way I do it so it must be right. |
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