Electronics Pliers by Profile, Size & Cut

FAQs

The jaws are ground fine enough to close to nothing at their tip, so a component leg is cut flush against the board rather than leaving a stub above it.

The finest cutters here at 125mm, cutting a leg absolutely flush. A general side cutter leaves a stub because its jaws cannot close that far.

Because a stub on a board is a short waiting to happen when the board is handled or fitted into an enclosure. A flush cut removes that risk at the point of cutting.

Reaching between components where a flush cutter cannot be presented square to the leg. Diagonal cutters here are 115mm in the same fine grind.

Placing and holding rather than cutting: forming a lead or holding a component while it is soldered. They have no cutting edge at all.

It keeps the jaws aligned at this scale. A heavier plier construction twists slightly under grip, which at board level is enough to miss the leg being cut.

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Electronics pliers are ground fine enough to cut a component leg flush without crushing the board around it. That is the whole distinction from a general plier: the jaws close to nothing at their tip, and the cut is made at the surface rather than above it. Working at that scale also means the plier is chosen by profile rather than by leverage.

Super knips at 125mm are the finest of them, cutting a leg absolutely flush against a board. A general side cutter leaves a stub because its jaws cannot close that far, and a stub on a board is a short waiting to happen when the board is handled. Super knips are ground so fine that they are used on component legs rather than on wire.

Diagonal cutters at 115mm cut at an angle, which suits reaching between components where a flush cutter cannot be presented square. End cutting mini pliers at 100mm cut square to the work in the same fine grind. A flush cut also leaves nothing standing to catch on a board being slid into place.

Flat nose mini pliers place and hold rather than cut, forming a lead or holding a component while it is soldered. Spring steel construction keeps the jaws aligned at that scale where a heavier plier would twist. Send the board work to 07754288583 on WhatsApp. Mini pliers at 100mm are held in end cutting and flat nose forms on the same fine grind.