45-degree diagonal cutters?

[Fred Abse]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:53:57 -0800, life imitates life wrote:

The whole fucking group knows who I am.

s/who/what

--
"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference
is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more
durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
(Stephen Leacock)

 

[life imitates life]

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

This fuels your presentation as the angry
radicalized sociopathic misfit you appear
to be on usenet.

You're an idiot.

You are a cowardly nymshifter who can't
face up to who you really are.

There is a difference between "nymshifting" and me using a nym that
relates to the type of post I am making. I would not expect a 20 IQ putz
like you to have a clue, however. If I were nym shifting, you retarded
twit, I could VERY EASILY EVADE ANY AND ALL attempts and methods to
filter and detect me. Such is not the case. All of my nyms have been in
use for years, and they are all static and they all have my true IP info,
so they do not conform to ANY definition anyone with half an IT brain
would use for the folks that DO what you describe.

In other words, you prove yet again that you are an idiot.

Who I "really am" is none of your goddamned business, you stupid
fucktard.

 

[Greegor]

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
<pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

This fuels your presentation as the angry
radicalized sociopathic misfit you appear
to be on usenet.

You are a cowardly nymshifter who can't
face up to who you really are.

 

[Pomegranate Bastard]

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

This fuels your presentation as the angry
radicalized sociopathic misfit you appear
to be on usenet.

You're an idiot.

You are a cowardly nymshifter who can't
face up to who you really are.

There is a difference between "nymshifting" and me using a nym that
relates to the type of post I am making. I would not expect a 20 IQ putz
like you to have a clue, however. If I were nym shifting, you retarded
twit, I could VERY EASILY EVADE ANY AND ALL attempts and methods to
filter and detect me. Such is not the case. All of my nyms have been in
use for years, and they are all static and they all have my true IP info,
so they do not conform to ANY definition anyone with half an IT brain
would use for the folks that DO what you describe.

In other words, you prove yet again that you are an idiot.

Who I "really am" is none of your goddamned business, you stupid
fucktard.

 

[Pomegranate Bastard]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:55:32 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:29:59 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

Don't use 'all purpose tools. You really should walk past that pound shop.

It was an example of the mechanism, dipshit. It has nothing to do with
the tool suggested to examine for a dippy twit like you to understand the
concept by.

A preposition is not a word to end a sentence with, you pig-ignorant
moronic twat.

You should consider a course in English as a second language.

 

[krw]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
<pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

We certainly would.


<snip...>

 

[Proteus IIV]

On Feb 19, 2:09 am, Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:

On 2010-02-18, life imitates life <pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:





On 18 Feb 2010 09:09:41 GMT, Jasen Betts <ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:

On 2010-02-17, life imitates life <pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:44:56 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

In article <qkbln5dscr39tdk0cbnh3v2gpefa48g...@4ax.com>,
  life imitates life <pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
 I have a pair of twister pliers for lock wire.  They are not actually
meant to be use to CUT the wire either, even though they have side
cutters incorporated into them.  Any monkey knows how to flex fracture
wire that uses a medium that work hardens.  That is the right way to
"cut" lock wire.  In fact, one is supposed to use the side cutter to
simply score the wire a bit, and then the number of flexes is reduced to
just a few.

Lock wire is soft steel. If you have pliers not able to cut that, put them
back in the kid's play box where they came from.

  Lock wire is NOT "soft steel" you complete and utter retard.  It is a
very specialized, high tensile strength wire. Soft steel does not get
made into wire AT ALL.

tie wire is soft steel.

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...@netfront.net ---

  "Tie wire"?  Is that what you brits call "lock wire"?  The wire used to
keep fasteners from becoming loose and falling off of an assembly?

No, I'm talking about tie wire, as used to secure reinforcing before
pouring concrete.  You said "Soft steel does not get made into wire AT
ALL" and that's incorrect.

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...@netfront.net ---

YOU DRUNKEN RECEPTACLE
WATT DUE EWE NO
PAY YOUR TAB AND GO HOME

THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THIS POST

SHEESH !

AS IF YOU GENTS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH REAL WORK TO DO

I AM PROTEUS

 

[life imitates life]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:50 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
<pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

It has nothing to do with
the tool suggested to examine for a dippy twit like you to understand the
concept by.

A preposition is not a word to end a sentence with, you pig-ignorant
moronic twat.

You should consider a course in English as a second language.

"...for a dippy twit like you to understand the concept."

Whoopie do. Same meaning for anyone with half a brain, an area in
which you are obviously lacking.

 

[life imitates life]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:20:10 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

We certainly would.


snip...

Cry, pussies.

 

[krw]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:21:03 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:20:10 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

We certainly would.


snip...

Cry, pussies.

You wouldn't know anything about pussies, AlwaysWrong.

 

[life imitates life]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:30:59 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:21:03 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:20:10 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

We certainly would.


snip...

Cry, pussies.

You wouldn't know anything about pussies, AlwaysWrong.

I also do not want to know anything about you either.

You need to learn what the word 'connotation' means.

 

[Wild_Bill]

This eBay seller has a number of good quality cutters and pliers. I haven't
bought from this seller, I just happened to find Hunter pliers here (I'm not
this seller).

http://shop.ebay.com/dbmcinc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

Seller ID: dbmcinc

--
Cheers,
WB
..............


DaveC" <invalid@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C7982CF900D218CEB08A39AF@news.eternal-september.org...

I used to own a pair of flush cutters where the jaws and the handles met at
about a 45-degree angle. Made for a nice tool for getting in between
components when you needed to nip something off flush with the PCB.

I think they were Xcelite.

I can't find anything like those Xcelites anymore. Everything is either
straight (no angle between the jaws and handles) or maybe a slight angle.

Anyone know of a good cutter that has a 45-degree angle? Flush-cut
desirable
but not critical. A 1/2" (12 mm) jaw opening would be nice, though.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Pomegranate Bastard]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:17:25 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:50 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

It has nothing to do with
the tool suggested to examine for a dippy twit like you to understand the
concept by.

A preposition is not a word to end a sentence with, you pig-ignorant
moronic twat.

You should consider a course in English as a second language.



"...for a dippy twit like you to understand the concept."

Whoopie do. Same meaning for anyone with half a brain, an area in
which you are obviously lacking.

It's about the correct use of the English language.

I suppose it's a bit optimistic to expect a septic tank, indeed an
unusually stupid septic tank, to construct a sentence properly.

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <1wMgn.344441$IU1.54940@en-nntp-04.dc1.easynews.com>,
Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill@XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

This eBay seller has a number of good quality cutters and pliers. I
haven't bought from this seller, I just happened to find Hunter pliers
here (I'm not this seller).

http://shop.ebay.com/dbmcinc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

They list 'electrician's' scissors. Why would an electrician need scissors
- or a special type?

--
*You! Off my planet!

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

 

[life imitates life]

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:16 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
<pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

It's about the correct use of the English language.

No. Its about fuck you, I'll write and speak any way I wish, you TOTAL
piece of shit. Now fuck off, and die, boy!

 

[Wild_Bill]

Scissors seem to be popular, or used to be, with some electrical-types that
came came over to the USA from the Mediterranean area to work on a
manufacuring plant expansion.

Those notches in the scissor are used for stripping soft insulation (in SO,
SJ multi-conductor cords) by pulling the wire over the notch with a thumb
pressed on the wire, but it just seemed a little crude to me. Not effective
at all for tough insulation.

There are numerous special knife blades and sheath rippers for removing
outer jackets from cabling, so I couldn't figure out why electricians would
need to use scissors for anything in particular.. cutting off a length of
tape instead of just tearing it? Not likely.

--
Cheers,
WB
..............


"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50ee097dbcdave@davenoise.co.uk...

In article <1wMgn.344441$IU1.54940@en-nntp-04.dc1.easynews.com>,
Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill@XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
This eBay seller has a number of good quality cutters and pliers. I
haven't bought from this seller, I just happened to find Hunter pliers
here (I'm not this seller).

http://shop.ebay.com/dbmcinc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

They list 'electrician's' scissors. Why would an electrician need scissors
- or a special type?

--
*You! Off my planet!

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

 

[Pomegranate Bastard]

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:40:25 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:37:16 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

It's about the correct use of the English language.

No. Its about fuck you, I'll write and speak any way I wish, you TOTAL
piece of shit. Now fuck off, and die, boy!
Just as I expected, a faeces reference, but you forgot to use

"retard". You're slipping.

Anyway, is that any way for a christian to behave? I wonder what your
fellow christians think.

 

[krw]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:17:37 -0800, life imitates life
<pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:30:59 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:21:03 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:20:10 -0600, krw <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:58 +0000, Pomegranate Bastard
pommyB@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:13:54 -0800, life imitates life
pasticcio@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:35 -0800 (PST), Greegor <greegor47@gmail.com
wrote:

On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life
pastic...@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace.

  I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well.  My
first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches
thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks.  We did a lot
of exotics as well.

  I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for
side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much
less alloy composition.

Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls?
Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar.

When the tank wall is formed from a plate that is 20' wide by 30' long
and is meant for a vessel that will be under pressure, it does. You
retarded little piece of shit.

Try calling up Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati and telling them that
none of their tanks have two inch thick walls.

You are about as fucking stupid as it gets, fuckhead.

You are ineffectual twit and your own realization
of that that frustrates and angers you.

I have done more in the last week to make the world a better place than
you will in your entire, pathetic life.

You could try making it even better. Why don't you arrange an
immediate meeting your mate "god"? I'm sure he'll be pleased to meet
you.

We certainly would.


snip...

Cry, pussies.

You wouldn't know anything about pussies, AlwaysWrong.


I also do not want to know anything about you either.

Isn't AlwaysWrong cute when she's mad? How's mommy's hamper doing
DimBulb?

You need to learn what the word 'connotation' means.

You need to be right, at least once in your life.

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <dyRgn.359478$H15.283170@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>,
Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill@XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

Scissors seem to be popular, or used to be, with some electrical-types
that came came over to the USA from the Mediterranean area to work on a
manufacuring plant expansion.

Right. Didn't know that.

Those notches in the scissor are used for stripping soft insulation (in
SO, SJ multi-conductor cords) by pulling the wire over the notch with a
thumb pressed on the wire, but it just seemed a little crude to me. Not
effective at all for tough insulation.

Indeed. There are similar but tougher devices that work in the same way.

There are numerous special knife blades and sheath rippers for removing
outer jackets from cabling, so I couldn't figure out why electricians
would need to use scissors for anything in particular.. cutting off a
length of tape instead of just tearing it? Not likely.

In the UK the common house cabling is called Twin and Earth, which is
solid core. The ECC is bare and the whole cover in an outer sheath. All
you need to do to remove the outer is to cut a slot in it at the start
with a knife, then pull the ECC down the sheath at right angles. Which
saves any possibility of damage to the 'live' conductor's insulation.

--
Cheers,
WB
.............

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:50ee097dbcdave@davenoise.co.uk...
In article <1wMgn.344441$IU1.54940@en-nntp-04.dc1.easynews.com>,
Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill@XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
This eBay seller has a number of good quality cutters and pliers. I
haven't bought from this seller, I just happened to find Hunter pliers
here (I'm not this seller).

http://shop.ebay.com/dbmcinc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

They list 'electrician's' scissors. Why would an electrician need scissors
- or a special type?

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[Michael A. Terrell]

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article <dyRgn.359478$H15.283170@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>,
Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill@XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
Scissors seem to be popular, or used to be, with some electrical-types
that came came over to the USA from the Mediterranean area to work on a
manufacuring plant expansion.

Right. Didn't know that.

Those notches in the scissor are used for stripping soft insulation (in
SO, SJ multi-conductor cords) by pulling the wire over the notch with a
thumb pressed on the wire, but it just seemed a little crude to me. Not
effective at all for tough insulation.

Indeed. There are similar but tougher devices that work in the same way.

There are numerous special knife blades and sheath rippers for removing
outer jackets from cabling, so I couldn't figure out why electricians
would need to use scissors for anything in particular.. cutting off a
length of tape instead of just tearing it? Not likely.

In the UK the common house cabling is called Twin and Earth, which is
solid core. The ECC is bare and the whole cover in an outer sheath. All
you need to do to remove the outer is to cut a slot in it at the start
with a knife, then pull the ECC down the sheath at right angles. Which
saves any possibility of damage to the 'live' conductor's insulation.

That sounds like 'Romex'.


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