Ping tom Gardner! OT how to cut nylon brush:-)

Dog toenail clippers.

These have a hole you can insert the bristle into and squeeze the handle.

See:

as an example.

How about clamping with a board on either side - keep brush held. And use a cutoff saw or angle grinder with a cutoff blade.

Might melt - but maybe a slower cutting - a slitting (small tooth) ? blade...

Mart> Tom, I am a refrigeration serviceman and this problem has come up a couple

Try cable cutters. I like the plain ones fom Klein, as listed below:

The blades are curved on both sides so slippery things like plastic don't slide away, like with tin snips.

times and each time we just

walk-in-cooler door mfg use a

cold air in). The problem is

mfg provides a whopping1/8" or

close because the bristles

it. To remove the wiper assy.

adjustment I trim the bristles about

electricians side cutters. Tried tin

spent 2 hours today trimming

thick and 3/8" tall and crimped

score it with a utility knive

cut about 1/8" section at a

color bristles. I am looking for a

job. More specifically: I am

How about an electric hot knife like the kind used to cut foam. The manufacturer runs the strip brushes through a rotary cutter, not exactly applicable in the field.

Hot wire foam cutter would do it easily.

Also if you removed the assembly from the door, clamped it between two sheets of plywood with a sheet of soft rubber perhaps, a skill saw would make fast work of the trim project.

Rather than using side cutters, consider "hard wire cutters" with a bypass cut. You may not need the "hard" aspect so much, but they would do nicely and better than side cutters, IMHO. Perhaps/probably available elsewhere, I got mine from a jewelry supply place, $15 or so. The shape of the cutter does not let the wire being cut skitter away.

You might also apply your brain to the alternate solution of figuring something to provide more adjustment in the attachment.

Thanks to all for the helpful hints. I may try all of these to see what works best. I may have enough stuff around to build a wire cutter. Thanks again. Lyndell

Ran into something similar.

Used a SHARP wood chisel and a mallet and cut on top of a piece of scrap wood.

Excellant !! That is something already on the truck. Will give it a shot. Thanks Lyndell

That one sounds like a winner.

End cutting pliers might be an option too. I was going to show a link but but Channellocks Macromedia server is down. A freaking jpg would have worked fine. Bah!

Wes

I'd bet that the tile nippers with compound leverage that I paid a quarter for last summer would do a good but slow job. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Or a handheld, blade and anvil type cutter as sold for cutting plumbing pipe.

A little more work, but portable.

Cheers Trevor Jones

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In particular, the compound-leverage wire nippers from Starrett would do an excellent job. They even have the option of carbide jaws for use cutting a lot of music wire.

Enjoy, DoN.