Hi, I am about to make my first purchase of wire to get started learning how to wire and train - seems all the cutters I can find are exhorbitantly expensive.
is there any tips anyone can lend on where I can get an affordable set of bonsai-suited wire cutters? or rather, what to look for?
perhaps something available in a typical hardware store that would be acceptable, at least to learn with?
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Gnome
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artisanoo,
I have to admit that I ruined my first pair of concave cutters by trying to sharpen them without knowing what I was doing. I now use them as wire cutters and they seem to work OK for me. You can try the electricians tool called diagonal cutters, also known as 'dykes', but I find them too blunt at the tip, a good pair is not cheap either.
Norm
I have to admit that I ruined my first pair of concave cutters by trying to sharpen them without knowing what I was doing. I now use them as wire cutters and they seem to work OK for me. You can try the electricians tool called diagonal cutters, also known as 'dykes', but I find them too blunt at the tip, a good pair is not cheap either.
Norm
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I make jewlery and chainmail and all I use for wirecutting isnt anything special. either snips for close up if say I'm next to a tree, or if I'm just cutting wire to size I just use my handy pliers. if your worried about sharp edges from the pliers just either sand the wire or cut diagnoly then make a small little cut the the point of the wire is.
strife. or max either or
strife. or max either or