Ryan On the components you can not control the length by prepping alone ; you could use pneumatics for major volumes and exchange only the blades ; which you can temper as well to your desires . They're quite cheap considering the ease and volume of the work . And ; get those blades with clips on lead ; so the cut don't missile through plant with all sorts of undesirable destinations . See you Paul Klasek ; http://www.resmed.com > ---------- > From: Ryan Jennens[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 1998 2:32 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Cutters > > Mornin' all! > > We have a problem with our through-hole lead cutters dulling. They > are > the hand-operated type as we are hand-stuffing through hole parts for > now. They are just your run-of-the-mill clippers, and I cannot find > any > specially hardened versions to last longer. Our leads are not made of > any particularly hard material. Is there a different solution than > buying new clippers as they wear out? Thanks again. > > Ryan > Phoenix Engineering Design > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################