Wire Shearing Pliers.

[Mike McCoy]

Someone posted a few times about using a Dremel tool with two cutoff wheels,
two because one alone breaks easily, and I tried it last week and it works
very well..... and fun!

Mike



Mike McCoy RPT
Chapters 170 & 190 PTG
Langhorne, Pa
mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Wire Shearing Pliers.


> List,
>
> I'd like to speed the removal of old wire in a restringing. I looked
> at a pair of steel strap cutters last week for $75 (H.K.Porter,
> #990T). These cut the strapping which tie up very heavy cartons. I'm
> hoping that these will be able to grab 3 or 4 or more wires and clip
> in one squeeze. (At this point, I still do have string hands.)
>
> Solid cast steel, with 5" long handles (8" would be better), jaws are
> quick thick (but well ground) and set in the pattern of sheet metal
> shears (not in the same plane like scissors, but square to each
> other). I've got a rough tracing and will see how that traced shape
> would fit into the corners that wire has to be clipped in.
>
> Or do you ninja rebuilders just through a 6" masonry wheel into the
> 3/8" hand drill?
>
> Muchos Thanquos.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "Yeah!, let's do it. I'm pumped! Let the healing begin."
>      ...........Matt Damon in the psychiatrist's office, in "Good Will
Hunting"
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>