Archive for the ‘Wire Cutters’ Category
Hand tools are as big as they ever were these days, and with all of the different manufacturers it can get a bit tricky to find the right brand of hand tools for you. Personally, I find that the choice is easy when you know the fundamentals. What I mean is, when I buy an unfamiliar brand of tool (usually a discount tool), I find that many times shortly down the road the handle falls off or a connecting bolt breaks. It was actually buying tools that constantly broke which led me to discover Channellock.
With Channellock tools, I’ve never encountered a problem with a handle falling off or a bolt breaking. The construction of these hand tools is quite solid and the handles (which are famous for falling off of hand tools of all kinds). In fact, I have tried to pull off the handle on purpose just to see if it will break, and sure enough, they’re as solid as a rock. Channellock hand tools are highly recommended to anyone who is interested in buy a tool or a set of tools that will last them forever.
Being an audio/video (media) wiring engineer and consultant for many years, I know the value of a solid wire cutter. There’s little less frustrating than having to snip through hundreds or even thousands of wires with a dull or rigid wire cutting tool. Vice grip makes a few, but there many different kinds of quality wire cutters to choose from that are both sharp and durable, and the type you select really depends on the application.
Personally though, I like to use what’s known in my trade as “flush cutters”. The bottom side of the cutters have been flattened to give a straight or “flush” cut on the wire, opposed to an obscure tear that some other cutters make on wires. This tool can sometimes also be be referred to as wire snips, not to be confused with tin snips, which I will get in to in another post.