Comments on: Cutting Music Wire http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/ Ed Nisley's Blog: shop notes, electronics, firmware, machinery, and curiosities Tue, 21 May 2013 11:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ed http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13515 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:50:51 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13515 Wow!

Wish I’d had that on hand, back in the day…

]]> By: dreamer.redeemer http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13496 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:29:31 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13496 These tool maintenance posts remind me of this War Department technical manual, “Maintenance and Care of Hand Tools” from 1945 I recently stumbled across: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/TM/pdfs/TM9-867.pdf

]]> By: Ed http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13492 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:52:28 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13492 Two words: lockout tag!

Nothing like having the sun rise in your hand, is there? [grin]

]]> By: smellsofbikes http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13489 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:09:36 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13489 The half-moons in my diagonal cutters are because between the time I turned the breaker off and the time I cut the 14-ga wire, someone else turned the breaker back on…

]]> By: Ed http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13473 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:17:27 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13473 Well, I have an old screwdriver dedicated to prying, twisting, and jabbing, so I’m maybe not so pristine as you might think… [grin]

]]> By: Andrew http://softsolder.com/2012/09/26/cutting-music-wire/#comment-13463 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:11:13 +0000 http://softsolder.com/?p=11312#comment-13463 I bought a pair of pliers with cutters in the jaws for a dollar (at the dollar store). I use them to cut music wire. When the cutters consist entirely of half-moons I will throw them away.

Yes, I know this makes me a bad person. But… a dollar!

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