That sounds familiar! Iain. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 03 March 2004 19:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] cutter for tie bars. *** WARNING *** This mail has originated outside your organization, either from an external partner or the Global Internet. Keep this in mind if you answer this message. Hi Charles! Are they Amphenol connectors? I was having some of the same issues. After looking closer at the connectors, and then ultimately sending one of the connectors to Amphenol, I (we) discovered that the leads hadn't been scored deep enough for the tie bar to be separated cleanly. -Steve Gregory- > I am looking for cutters to remove the tie bar from a surface mount > connector. I can find lots of them that would work but remember seeing a > tool > in a catalog that was especially for this. Anybody using something like > this? > The tie bars are not breaking as easily as I think they should , leaving the > pins looking kinda sorry. > Thanks > > Charles Caswell > The Big Kahuna > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------