Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> You can get shockless side cutters. These have blades that have a flat
> surface on the side that you put towards the component. They will produce a
> flat (or very nearly so) surface on the end of the component lead instead of
> the peaked end that you will see on the other part of the lead. Most cutters
> will produce peaked ends on both parts of the lead.

You can get scissor cutters and flush cutters.
I prefer the flush cutters, we have some small
and VERY sharp ones. The component legs fall
off, so little energy is imparted. It's a bit of
a pain sometimes as the legs often get stuck
in the cutters with a bit of flux etc, they
really don't shoot off like blunt old side
cutters. :o)
-Roman

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