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Using Cutting Nippers - Continued

Tools And Their Uses - Hand tools and what they are used for
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TM 9-243 TYPES AND USES - Continued CUTTING  NIPPERS Some  nippers  have  adjusting  screw  stops  in  the  handle and adjustable jaws. Others have detachable jaws with compound  leverage  and  come  with  three  extra  pairs  of jaws. Cutting nippers range in size from 5-1/2 to 15 incheslong  and  up  to  1-3/4  inches  in  jaw  widths. Cutting  nippers  are  available  with  integral  or  detachable cutters. They are used to cut wire, light metal bars, bolts, nails, and to cut protruding metal flush with a surface. SAFETY 1. Keep fingers, hands, and other parts of the body 3. Always steady the work that is to be cut. clear of the cutting edges of bench shears, the 4. shearing  machine,  hand  shears,  and  nippers. After  use,  be  sure  to  hang  the  tools  or  store  them  in their proper place. 2. Do not carry shears or nippers in your pocket. USING CUTTING NIPPERS WARNING WEAR EYE PROTECTION AND WATCH THE   FINGERS. WIRE   CUTTING 1 Place the wire (1) on the table. Measure the section to be cut off. Mark it with pencil, chalk, soapstone or other suitable marking piece (2). 2 Take  the  nippers  (3)  in  the  right  hand  and  place  the cutting  edge  on  the  mark. NOTE Left-handed people will reverse this procedure. 3 Squeeze the handles together slowly, exerting enough pressure to cut the wire. 4 Repeat procedure for as many pieces of wire as need to be cut. 37-3







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