All is not lost

One quickly learns that cutting of springs should only be done with someone elses cutters..............

My cutters have instructions marked on them, for maximum gauge, copper only - ignore at your peril.

Dave.

You need E.A.berg pianotrad music wire cutters [If they are still made]

Farnell will sell you a nice pair for $280:

Dave.

If you cut a power cord that is still pluged in , you will have two places to strip wire. Don't ask how I found this out.

But I don't have any wire either size {:-).

E.A.Berg was taken over by Bahco and they have cutters with progressively hardened jaws so you can cut piano wire at the back and copper at the front.

Why not make them hard all the way along? Cost? Or is there a tech reason?

Not that that would help in all cases, I've seen a jaw half break at the pivot/hinge when the small cutters are grossly overloaded.

They make both [Fully hardened and progressive] Maybe all hard for piano tuners and maybe they can have more delicate tip for people who only want to cut piano wire occasionally on the progressive ones

I cut some plated brass 8BA screws once. Went alright till I got to about the 10th one which was steel. Looked the same.

;-(

Kevin Martin

Not Bahco by any chance ?

Graham