I've been building so many things lately I ran out of solder, I figured I'd get some nice Japanese side cutters while I was at it.
Nice cutters.
Cheers, they are so much nicer to use than my old cheap chinesium cutters.
Nice cutters.
Cheers, they are so much nicer to use than my old cheap chinesium cutters.
Nice. 25AUD seems proof enough you don't have to pay a fortune to get decent cutters. Even in Australia.
An eclectic mix of stuff from all over the world. Mica and hardware from Sri Lanka, Deburring tool from Hong Kong, Strawhat Infrared LEDS from Melbourne and bag sealers from China.
Reminds me I need a decent mid weight set of side cutters. To sacred to punish my Lindstroms for general use.
Nice cutters.
Cheers, they are so much nicer to use than my old cheap chinesium cutters.
Nice. 25AUD seems proof enough you don't have to pay a fortune to get decent cutters. Even in Australia.
Indeed, my old ones where only $11 less expensive, but the difference is dramatic!
Recent purchase list:
* ADZS-ICE-1000
* MSP-FET430UIF
* MiniPro TL866II Plus
* MSP-EXP430F5529LP LaunchPad
* PICkit 2 Reloaded (PCB only)
* Heated-tip solder pump
ps. My original TL866CS (with TL866CS-to-A mod) is for sale.
I've been building so many things lately I ran out of solder, I figured I'd get some nice Japanese side cutters while I was at it.
Rhinotools a great way to spend money that you don't really need to
What does the box joint feel like on the Fujiya's?
I bought some Engineer NS04 micro nippers a while back (looks like they are no longer on their site
) and also the Fujiya long nose pliers
https://rhinotools.com.au/product/long-nose-pliers-2/ and was a bit disappointed with the joints on the Fujiyas compared to the Engineers, they were very stiff and took about half an hour of constant opening and closing and some oil to get them to open with the spring. In hindsight I should have sent them back.
I've been building so many things lately I ran out of solder, I figured I'd get some nice Japanese side cutters while I was at it.
Rhinotools a great way to spend money that you don't really need to
What does the box joint feel like on the Fujiya's?
I bought some Engineer NS04 micro nippers a while back (looks like they are no longer on their site ) and also the Fujiya long nose pliers https://rhinotools.com.au/product/long-nose-pliers-2/ and was a bit disappointed with the joints on the Fujiyas compared to the Engineers, they were very stiff and took about half an hour of constant opening and closing and some oil to get them to open with the spring. In hindsight I should have sent them back.
Hehe, not wrong!
The joint on the Fujiya's feels very snug but the friction levels isn't excessive, it works exactly as it should.
Sounds like your pliers might have been defective.
First decent hand tools I ever bought were Klien pliers. I have tortured them and the blades will still cut a single strand of hair. That's the 8" pliers! They will also cut a motorbike steal 2mm clutch cable in on simple CLICK. Also have needle/tweezers point pliers from them that are so pointy you could stab yourself with them. I have tortured those too, bending things, prying things etc. The point still meet accurately enough to pull a single hair out of your head.
The 8" pliers however are about £100 retail.
They do a set of flush side cutters for £10, which will probably be what I replace my chinesium cutters with after I chipped the point cutting something I shouldn't have been (the hard plastic cover off a 5mm spade connector).
I've been building so many things lately I ran out of solder, I figured I'd get some nice Japanese side cutters while I was at it.
That cutter is for snipping parts from plastic sprues, ie model building.
http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/products/12/
I've been building so many things lately I ran out of solder, I figured I'd get some nice Japanese side cutters while I was at it.
That cutter is for snipping parts from plastic sprues, ie model building. http://www.fujiya-kk.com/en/products/12/
True, however they are awesome for snipping through hole leads and the cut is very high quality.
My Metcal heavy-duty low cost tips from a French guy arrived (one is not like the others
), plus a strange lamp from Grundig (it's just some label now, like Polaroid) that has some extensible and flexible neck and a magnet in the behind (for picking up droped screws/parts).
Cheers,
DC1MC
Tektronix optical power meter and led source
Got some new toys during my easter holiday:
edit: I changed the ram battery in the HP3457A and modded a backlight. I also calibrated it.
The Fluke 25 had broken input protection but now it works fine again.
And last but not least a Tefifon. Its a type of record on a tape player. Basically a record put on a plastic tape in a endlesss loop. The cartridges a calles Tefis. I modded the Tefifon, because it had no fuse, no earth connection and I wanted all cables to be pluggable and a preamp inside it.
Thanks to IRFP460 for letting my send the stuff to him, so I could save on shipping and for helping my with modding the Tefifon case.
Saw this on Mike's Radio Repair channel when trying out his new pace iron and just had to have one
Amazon link for the curious.. they got a few variants
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M8HKSPV
Doesn't look very useful for soldering parts. I have one of these, and I really like it:
Called "Weller Bestückungsrahmen", if someone wants to buy it. The small version I have costs less than EUR 60.
Saw this on Mike's Radio Repair channel when trying out his new pace iron and just had to have one
Amazon link for the curious.. they got a few variants
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M8HKSPV
I saw him using it and liked it aswell.
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These wee things arrived today! They will come in very handy I think.
Oh...and I forgot this a couple days ago....well handy for stripping components off a board! Anyone doing a lot of de-soldering should invest in 1!!
These wee things arrived today! They will come in very handy I think.
I got one of these for opening iPhones: