Help! Cutters for Push/Control Rods?

[Skristof]

I'm a newbie builder. Can you more experienced folks recommend a brand and/or type of cutter for cutting push rods/control rods? That wire is hard! The needle nose plier side cutters that I've been using will work when I exert maximum force but I don't know how much longer the blades on the cutter portion will put up with that. I can see indentations in the edge every place I've made a cut. Your ideas and suggestions are hereby solicited and will be most welcome!

 

[JasonK]

any good wire cutter that you can get at the hardware store will be fine.
You can see what one looks like here:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wire+cutter&iax=images&ia=images

 

[Flying Monkey fab]

The stuff is hard on regular cutters. I have a set that looks like mini bolt cutters that work great but I can't think of where I got them. If I can remember I'll look at them to see if there is a brand and model on them. If so they will be easy to find.

 

[Piotrsko]

Klien linesman pliers or barbed wire pliers from a feed and tack store, depending on how citified your location is. The barbed wire pliers are cheaper but my kliens are 30 years old (?) And I used them on 3/16 certified aircraft stainless with a hammer

 

[Merv]

....Your ideas and suggestions are hereby solicited and will be most welcome!

To cut, I use a Dremel with a cutoff wheel.

But I don’t cut very often. A much quicker way, just use regular pliers, grab the wire and bend it back and forth. About 3 bends and it will break.

 

[tamuct01]

As others have said, larger pliers such as lineman's pliers work well. For thicker wire a Dremel with a cutoff wheel will leave a clean, square, cut.

 

[JasonK]

From some toolkit I have from before I remember getting it:


Doesn't show any scar marks or anything that I can see.