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  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Adelaide, Australia
Xuron sprue cutter
Posted by zapme on Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:14 AM

Hi everyone,

 Just got my new Xuron sprue cutter and I've just put it through it's paces. If anyone is tossing up whether to buy one or not, well i reccomend it. I've got the other Xuron cutter, they look similar but the new sprue cutter has a pointier tip and it cuts much cleaner than the other with very little to clean up. Got mine from Micro-Mark but pretty much all the on-line shops have them.

 Cheers Leo 

 

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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Sunday, June 14, 2009 3:56 PM
Thank you! I appreciate that you find my efforts in designing this tool were worthwhile.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Piscataway,NJ
Posted by jtrace214 on Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:15 PM

I will second that.... I don't think mine have left my hand since I got them from Hawkeye,great design too Hawk.... I'm gonna be placing anorder in a week or so for The Micro Razor saw and prob the Scribing tool,just have to save up a bit as I still havent got steady work.

Thanks again Hawk,

John

the pic to the left is my weekend condo lol

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Monday, June 15, 2009 8:55 PM

 HawkeyeHobbies wrote:
Thank you! I appreciate that you find my efforts in designing this tool were worthwhile.

I think you should send me a free set to analyze and report on here. Big Smile [:D]

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    February 2005
  • From: California
Posted by rabbiteatsnake on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:39 AM
You guys will probablely laugh but I use a big ol toe nail cutter and I think it's just great.
The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench. Airfix 1/24 bf109E scratch conv to 109 G14AS MPC1/24 ju87B conv to 87G Rev 1/48 B17G toF Trump 1/32 f4u-1D and staying a1D Scratch 1/16 TigerII.
  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:47 PM

 rabbiteatsnake wrote:
You guys will probablely laugh but I use a big ol toe nail cutter and I think it's just great.

Hopefully not on both at the same time...Ewww...that will give the smell of plastic a whole new meaning!Evil [}:)]

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: South Central Wisconsin
Posted by Daywalker on Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:23 AM

I bought a set of these a few months back, a bit skeptical but my frustration in the past trying to get the parts off the sprues without damage was getting the better of me.

I love these new sprue cutters!  They cut so cleanly and cleaning up the nubs is almost fun now, with a pass or two of a sharp blade and no more filling the area with glue or putty to fix them!  I must admit, they are one of my favorite tools.

Highly recommended. Bow [bow]

Frank 

 

  • Member since
    August 2009
  • From: Cottonwood, AZ
Posted by nico86326 on Monday, August 24, 2009 9:33 AM
What's the name of the new sprue cutter? There are a bunch listed on amazon.com.
Mein Leben für mein Land. On the Bench: Academy Tiger 1 Early.. Fully detailed.. and pain in the butt
  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:56 PM

Xuron's 2175ET Professional Sprue Cutter

You can order them from me HERE or from Sprue Brothers

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Piscataway,NJ
Posted by jtrace214 on Sunday, August 30, 2009 10:38 PM

If anybody needs a testamonial about the new sprue cutters I wouldnt give them up at all. Plus Hawkeye is a great guy to deal with I've gotten 3 items from him.Nicely packaged and very quick I'd give him 4 thumbs up if I had 2 more hands lol....

John

the pic to the left is my weekend condo lol

  • Member since
    June 2009
Posted by jimbot58 on Monday, August 31, 2009 1:32 AM
I have a pair of the older Xuron sprue cutters (Packaged by Testors) and I swear by them. Is this "pro" model that much better?

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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, August 31, 2009 7:01 AM

 jimbot58 wrote:
I have a pair of the older Xuron sprue cutters (Packaged by Testors) and I swear by them. Is this "pro" model that much better?

Oh heck yeah! I took something that was good and made it exceptional. The pair I displayed at the Nats had the guys who picked them up and cut up sprues drooling.Wink [;)]

Besides they are made in the USA (Saco, ME) and have a lifetime warranty. What else would you expect from Xuron!

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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