I use Piergiacomi tools (http://www.piergiacomi.com).
They are made here in Italy (I've seen the factory), maybe they are not so good or so durable as those pricey Swiss forged tools, but they work.
In our small production environment we buy about one new cutter each year, and the "mean life" of a Piergiacomi cutter is about 5 years (and maybe in 5 years it has cut 100.000 leads).
One interesting thing: I was looking on the Net for the prices of the other brand's , and I discovered that all the brands are cheaper in the US than in Italy.
This is not a new discovery: every tool is cheaper in the US, but here they cost from 2 times up.
Some German manufacturer is selling directly form the website: I will buy some, to see if they are better than the ones I use
People, please buy Italian stuff! A little help... Considering our tax burden, selling just 320 billion of these cutters will completely delete our public debt!
BTW, welcome, Ciccio!
People, please buy Italian stuff! A little help... Considering our tax burden, selling just 320 billion of these cutters will completely delete our public debt!
BTW, welcome, Ciccio!
I will get a Piergiacomi only if you start buying Greek FETA , this is called as balance LOL
However, many Italians are moving to Greece for vacation this summer, due to the low prices...
Got a set of Schmitz in to have a look at...very nice. Schmitz are the manufacturer of CK which I have had for over twenty years so they last very well.
Maybe my european neighbors heard of a german company called Wiha?
I use that one presented in the link here.
Nice one, cuts just fine even larger wires up to 1mm, but the downside is the cost.
Well neighbor I think that I will still prefer the American Xuron 9200, over the Knipex 78 61 125 ESD,
because my Knipex it got an tiny damage on the blade because I tried to strip a copper tiny cable with it.
About Wiha .... I would love to get their free sample, if they do not afraid some real competition.
Oooh, these are HOT! I want to buy them too - where did you get them from?
Oooh, these are HOT! I want to buy them too - where did you get them from?
Where you at img? And what's your budget?
Recently i sold all my pliers ect. to replace them with pliers with dissipative handles (ESD):
79 42 125 ESD; 77 02 115 ESD; 34 22 130 ESD; 34 12 130 ESD (please don't look at the scary price tag. 4 pliers = 1/3 Rigol-Scope)
But they are really worth their money and should last many years.
The price tag doesn't scare me, this is how much I paid for my Lindstroms. What prompted your decision to invest in ESD?
But where can I get them from in the UK?
Do you know the feeling when you just WANT new tools ?
I user Erem http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/erem/index.cfm
I usually buy the ESD pliers off most manufacturers not because of the ESD "advantages" but because 9 times out of 10 they are nicer handles to use.
I find Erem to be of an extremely high quality.
those big bulging screw can get in the way i think, while try cutting component leads flat.
those big bulging screw can get in the way i think, while try cutting component leads flat.Valid point, actually. Which cutters do you use?
those big bulging screw can get in the way i think, while try cutting component leads flat.Valid point, actually. Which cutters do you use?none. just in lurking stage. but i have experience working with things, but not up to the quality shown here. i used no brand or for rough job only to be precise.