tuinkabouter wrote in
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On 1/11/2014 3:40 AM, Doug White wrote:
I have occasional need to cut the leads on a standard DIP to remove
it from a PCB. If the chip is dead or not worth saving, and the
circuit board is delicate, I'd rather cut the leads & pull them one
at a time rather than risk damaging the board trying to yank it all
at once.

The catch is that my pointiest cutters are a bit broad, and won't
really fit down between the leads far enough to get a good cut. The
ones I have are Utica 582E angle tip cutters, similar to these:

http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com...-cutters/g/329

Given the cost of a really good pair of cutters, and the generally
poor quality of the pictures/descriptions supplied by most tool
vendors, I'd rather not blow big bucks on them sight unseen.

Does anyone have a particular make & model they can recommend?

Bit expensive:
http://uk.farnell.com/bernstein-werk...15/cutter-top-
oblique-conductive/dp/9727086

Actually, if you shop around, they can be had considerably cheaper than
the Erem cutters:

http://www.tme.eu/en/details/brn-3-6...s/bernstein/3-
675-15/

If I don't get any better suggestions, I'll try them out.

Thanks!

Doug White