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What are you using them for that consumes them?

• Retr0id 12d ago
  Cutting wires, mostly.
  • probablybayesed 12d ago
    Interesting, I want to hear the full story.
    • analog31 12d ago
      I use the cheap cutters such as Hakko 170's. They're sharp and convenient but essentially consumable. They're made from a relatively soft steel, and wear out, usually because you cut things that aren't copper. Some components have tinned steel leads. If you dig through someone's old tool box, you'll find a pair of wire cutters with a half-moon nick in each blade from trying to cut something hard. Naturally my use of wire cutters is declining, due to surface mount, but some of my boards still have larger through-hole parts, and I make custom cables for this and that during prototyping.
• rzzzt 12d ago
  If the sharp end chips, you can't get close enough to the things you want to clip.