Sprue cutters

amrogers3 · Post by **amrogers3** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:51 pm

Hope this is the right forum to ask this question...

Has anyone used both the tamiya 74035 and the tamiya 74001 cutter? If so, which one do you prefer?

Thanks!

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:06 pm

I've used the 74035, nice little cutter. I still prefer my Xuron 2175ET Professional Sprue Cutter.

Lt. Z0mBe · Post by **Lt. Z0mBe** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:59 pm

Kylwell wrote:I've used the 74035, nice little cutter. I still prefer my Xuron 2175ET Professional Sprue Cutter.

Ditto on the Xurons. I've used Tamiyas and I've used wire cutters. I have Xuron sprue cutters and end-nippers. They will "shear" right up to the part better than any of them it seems.

Kenny

marcus0311 · Post by **marcus0311** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:10 pm

I use small cutters like what's used in a floral shop. They tend to be double edged like wire snips so I took them to work and sanded one side flat. I could've spent the extra 3or4 $ to get the same thing from a local hobbytown Usa, but I'm kinda cheap sometimes

naoto · Post by **naoto** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:22 pm

It's kind'a funny that waaay back when I was a wee laddie, I used to use razor blades that were for my pa's "safety razor". Never once did I ever cut myself while using those blades -- even though I was holding them precariously between my fingers and thumb while trimming parts off the sprue trees (I never bothered to tape over the second edge).
The first time I'd cut myself accidentally was when I was using the "safer" X-acto knife.
That in mind, I'm afraid to use sprue cutters -- I might accidentially stab myself in the eye or something worse with those things!

marcus0311 · Post by **marcus0311** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:41 pm

While in the hospital getting stitches for using my finger to test the sharpness of a hertel cnc facemill spinning at 3500rpms, I "snagged" several scalple tips from the storage bin to use in my x-acto holder. Talk about sharp.

scratchy · Post by **scratchy** » Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:40 am

Kylwell wrote:I've used the 74035, nice little cutter. I still prefer my Xuron 2175ET Professional Sprue Cutter.

I took a leap of faith and ordered this tool in at my LHS. Nice tool!

Thanks Kylwell!