Mineshima E-101 - Nippers for plastic and soft metals

Nippers for plastic parts and soft metal by Japanese Mineshima company.

Japanese made nippers designed for cutting plastic and soft metals like brass wires, copper wires and cables, soft steel and thin stainless steel (max. thickness 0,7mm). Soft, elatomer handles makes working with those nippers more comfortable and easy spring tension creates much less hand fatigue with prolonged work. Made from high quality, hardened carbon steel. Attention! Never use those nippers to cut piano wire or other hard steel wires as it will damage the blades!

Thicker blades in comparison to other nippers allow for cutting thicker copper and brass wires.

Sprue cutters or nippers are one of the basic modelling tools. They are used to remove model kit parts from sprues.

Their blade's shape determines precision they will cut with. Cheaper cutters might leave marks on the Plastic, while more expensive models allow you to effortlessly cut out even the smallest parts and details. Most common are two bladed nippers, which have universal use. There are also single blade nippers where blade works like a guillotine - blade cuts through Plastic part that rest on the other, blunt side of the nippers. This way of cutting works best if the element has sprue attachment on its edge. While cutting the parts out remember to always cut a little away from the part. This way you won't accidentally damage or deform the part.After removing the element from sprue you can trim the remaining Plastic and finish cleaning up the part.

Mineshima is a Japanese manufacturer of a very high quality precision hand tools for cutting and sanding.

Established in 1968 they manufacture a wide range of nippers, tweezers and files. Their tools are precisely made and offer possibilities of very delicate part processing that is hard to find in other manufacturers' tools. You can find both very precise nippers to cut out even the smallest parts from their sprues without damaging and a wide range of micro files, that will allow you to clean the smallest spaces in your model kit. In their range there are also very fine tweezers that can be used for handling even the most filigree details of 1/700 scale ship models. Mineshima tools are recommended for every modeller that wish to work efficiently and comfortably using a high quality products.