poll: Nippers or Stick and Snap

[Brian Newman]

well?

[10FennyGlass]

if i could snap consistantly, it would be different

[PyroChixRock]

try snapping on something clear, comes off easier then on color. if you can't get it come over and i'll show ya.

[smutboy420]

sticking them and snaping them uses a lot less then if you slice them first. plus less chance of wrecking the slice.

[Dragon Lady]

depends...what app. are you using it for? ....murrini...if you wrap a stringer of clear around where you want it to snap (not melting the stringer in) then when you stick it and snap it it will almost always come off perfectly at that acute angle and you won't waste anything...if we're talken twisted cane...dimond shears to keep the twist and point where the colors come together, flat cane... straight shears....

[Infinity glass]

im with dragon lady on this one do it both ways depending on the app

[broken glass]

i was taught to use nippers, then i learned stick and smack, and have not shattered a murine scinse, nothing pisses me off more than trying to nip off a mill, and it cracks lengthwise Grrrrrrrr $$$$$$$$$wasted!!!!!! IMO, there is NO reason to use nippers. EVen if i needed to snap the middle of a foot murine, i would heat it, crease it on the corner of my desk, or graffite paddle, and blow and snap..........50$ for the zak love tool, lol it is a fucking piece of metal with a v cut out.lolSimplest tool ever, only an idiot woudl spend 50$ on something that took 5$ to make O Yeah, while im ranting, home depot has the best glass shears on the market, they are called tin snips, and they are 10$hahaha

[darv]

Would someone explain the stick snap technique for someone who is isolated from the lampworking world? thanks!

[Brian Newman]

i was taught to use nippers, then i learned stick and smack, and have not shattered a murine scinse, nothing pisses me off more than trying to nip off a mill, and it cracks lengthwise Grrrrrrrr $$$$$$$$$wasted!!!!!! IMO, there is NO reason to use nippers. EVen if i needed to snap the middle of a foot murine, i would heat it, crease it on the corner of my desk, or graffite paddle, and blow and snap..........50$ for the zak love tool, lol it is a fucking piece of metal with a v cut out.lolSimplest tool ever, only an idiot woudl spend 50$ on something that took 5$ to make O Yeah, while im ranting, home depot has the best glass shears on the market, they are called tin snips, and they are 10$hahaha
The best glass shears on the market are traditional Chinese scisiors avaitable from lee valley tools here in canada. ( Set of four different sizes for $10 Cdn.)

[Udai Hussien]

Im just lazy, I have always preferred dick nippers


heh bad typo

[onion]

yeah yeah the chinese sewing shears kick HEAVY ass

[MrNiceGuy]

I have a nice pair of carlo donna sheers I use for some things, diamond sheers for others, and quite often I find myself doing the stick and snap... especially for opening the mouth piece of a point. For breaking down tubing I like the V tool and snap method. Nippers are nice for breaking down punty rods. I even break out the score tool on occasion. There's different ways to use that too. You can score and snap, or score most of the way around and then take a pinpoint flame and blast where the score starts and it should break it clean around, or you can score and stick a molten punty on the score mark and it'll usually make a good clean break.

It's like asking fork or spoon. Each has it's place... and don't even get me started on sporks. Jack of all trades, master of none.

I know it's an old thread, but somebody bumped it by voting, so i'm going to throw my two cents in.

[JBob]

Nippers. All day.

[Nomad]

I stick and snap all day long. I used to do it almost all the time until arb ran out of peace milli. Now I just do them once in a wile.

[istandalone24/7]

for some reason...something as simple as the stick and snap i for some reason can not get it to work consistently. i think i'm going to make a simple mulit color cane to practice with....i hate wasting my nice wigwag millies :(

[oG Glocc Coma]

Great video of stick and snap by j.lee on facebook MACA group

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