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  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    and never ever cut wire of any type..copper and ally etc included
    Including spouses or

    How to turn hubby into an instant a*** hole.

    Wife wants to cut wire for craft.
    "Yes dear theres' pair in the rack on the shed wall - use the red handled pair."

    later

    "Darling couldn't find the red ones ,I used the blue long handled ones on the other rack."


    ARggggghhhhhh!@@!!*8&&.


    And that gentlemen, is the reason wife now has her own bloody pliers and some other small tools in her own damn tool box.

    Grahame

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    I've got a set of these for Cable. Goes through a 95mm2 welding cable like nothing else. Also handles multi core well, trailer cable, 3x2.5mm2 extension leads etc. They definitely earn their keep over something like a set of diagonal side cutters or bolt cutters for that kind of work.

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    Yeah ! Just about right for people that cut wire with snips.

    Where would you start first,their toes or fingers?

    Grahame

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    For those 'tool borrowers':
    Start first the the oxy acetylene torch on the soles of the feet. Give them some time to contemplate their poor life choices.
    Then toes, starting with the little ones, and working up to the big toes. Chopper Reid style.

    For the missus:
    Manage a meek smile and a "yes dear"

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    The duckbill gilbows were the best snips ever, I still use mine every roof we sheet, although I have a set of crank handled Erdi ones which I tend to pick up regularly now too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by riverbuilder View Post
    The duckbill gilbows were the best snips ever, I still use mine every roof we sheet, although I have a set of crank handled Erdi ones which I tend to pick up regularly now too.
    Roof sheets can be cut with garden snips or torn if Gal sheet.

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