Sprue Cutters?

[Bainford]

22 hours ago, afx said:

A friend of mine uses these.  I might have to splurge and buy a pair.

 

That's a good looking tool. I just went and ordered one up.

[vintagerpm]

7 hours ago, gman said:

Using a spouse's "good" set of clippers for modelling work can be hazardous to your health...ask me how I know ;).

This can go both ways. My wife is always borrowing tools from my modeleing room. She once took my photoetch cutters and used them to cut beading wire. There are now 2 slots in those cutters and she had to buy me a new pair. If she had asked, I would have given her a pair of model railroading rail nippers.

[Tom Geiger]

3 minutes ago, vintagerpm said:

This can go both ways. My wife is always borrowing tools from my modeleing room. She once took my photoetch cutters and used them to cut beading wire. There are now 2 slots in those cutters and she had to buy me a new pair. If she had asked, I would have given her a pair of model railroading rail nippers.

I ruined a pair of these myself doing the same thing!  That pair now sits on the bench as general use cutters, while my new photo etch cutters are in the box with my photo etch sets to avoid a repeat!

[SCRWDRVR]

10 hours ago, gman said:

Using a spouse's "good" set of clippers for modelling work can be hazardous to your health...ask me how I know ;).

LOL I can believe that....

[yh70]

go down to Walmart and get u a set..they cheap..then if u like them invest the money for a better set..

[slusher]

I have a set o Xuron spruce cutters orange handles. I don’t have cut fingers anymore from cutting parts off with a hobby knife....

[STYRENE-SURFER]

Get the Xuron, and don't let anyone borrow them. ?

they will serve you well.

[64Comet404]

Xuron cutters aren't too bad, but my favourites are sold by Tamiya. They cost me $40 back in the mid-'90s, but they are still as sharp and as precise as when I first bought them.

[dino246gt]

On 2/23/2020 at 4:14 PM, Roadrunner said:

I use some el cheapo cutters I found years ago at Radio Shack; exact same thing as the "Hobby nippers" I also had, but for a third of the price. I have about five pair now, and use them all the time.

I also have about 5 of those, but when I bought a pair from Tamiya, for WAY more money, I couldn't believe the difference, WAY better! However I still use the Radio Shack ones for many things. Tamiya for chrome and clear parts as they cut with barely a touch!

 

[Nazz]

I love my sprue  cutters, I like Dennis have many, but I may have to get some Tamiya ones. I also use to use nail clippers ,but once I tried Xuron ones I never looked back.

[Toner283]

I have a set of Xuron cutters and used them a lot. A friend who owns a hobby shop tried several times to get me to try a pair of Gods Hand sprue cutters. I was hesitant at the price ($50).He finally handed me a set and told me to take them home and try them, and that I could pay him next time I was in. Took them home and tried them - wish he had made me try them earlier. Could not believe the difference over the Xuron cutters. Hardly had to use any pressure to get a neat clean cut. Once you get used to them, hardly any clean up is needed. A perfect example of you get what you pay for.

And there is also an even more presicion set of Gods Hand sprue cutters available too. They are about $95 and aimed at the Gundam mecha kit builders. Those kits are usually molded in color and not usually painted. The $95 set apparently doesn't leave the little white scar in the colored styrene like the cheaper ones can when you clip the part loose from the sprue.