Best place for Prop tools?

Bayslayer · 01/24/2006, 01:18 PM

Is there a good cheap place to buy bone cutters, home depot, lowes, any hardware store, etc......?

Adrian · 01/24/2006, 01:43 PM

I got a really good pair of toe nail clippers from target for like $14, they are more like snippers and work really well. Youll find them in the nail dept. They look pretty much like the coral cutters some of the online retailers are selling.

Bayslayer · 01/24/2006, 01:58 PM

Thats what im talking about, I knew there had to be other places to buy this kind of stuff. Adrian, thanks for the info.

Adrian · 01/24/2006, 03:18 PM

No problem

UFreefer · 01/24/2006, 03:48 PM

i looked around but it seemed that the ones that marine depot sells were the best deal, and their huge

MiddletonMark · 01/24/2006, 03:51 PM

I think mine came from `American Scientific' ... just about the same as sold at Reef places - just more to choose from.

lizardking38 · 01/24/2006, 05:42 PM

MiddletonMark -

Do you have a link for American Scientific?

Kenfuzed · 01/25/2006, 10:42 PM

Check around at local swap meets. I found a pair of great surgical-grade stainless cutters from a guy selling all kinds of gadgets (tweazers, nail clippers, dental tools, etc).

Bayslayer · 01/26/2006, 07:04 PM

Thanks for all the help guys, I went to Wal Mart at lunch today and picked up some heavy duty nail clippers, all stainless stell for $13, probably a little expensive but I hate to wait for things in the mail so it was worth it.

GTR · 01/27/2006, 01:16 PM

I bought a pair from MD... then I found some clippers at the $1 store. The cheap and smaller ones work as well if not better than the MD "bone cutters".
None of them will cut like you're cutting a rose of your bush. It's more like take a bite out of the side of the SPS branch and watch the frag fly across the room.

SteveU

01/24/2006, 01:18 PM	#1
Bayslayer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 263	Best place for Prop tools? Is there a good cheap place to buy bone cutters, home depot, lowes, any hardware store, etc......?

01/24/2006, 01:43 PM	#2
Adrian Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 1,012	I got a really good pair of toe nail clippers from target for like $14, they are more like snippers and work really well. Youll find them in the nail dept. They look pretty much like the coral cutters some of the online retailers are selling. __________________ "Think education is expensive, try ignorance" Current Tank Info: 120 sps tank, 2 400 watt iwasakis, 2 110 watt actinic VHO, mag 18 on CL w/ 2 1" Sea swirls, 50 gal sump/refugium, ASM G3 skimmer, geo reactor.

01/24/2006, 03:18 PM	#4
Adrian Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 1,012	No problem __________________ "Think education is expensive, try ignorance" Current Tank Info: 120 sps tank, 2 400 watt iwasakis, 2 110 watt actinic VHO, mag 18 on CL w/ 2 1" Sea swirls, 50 gal sump/refugium, ASM G3 skimmer, geo reactor.

01/24/2006, 03:51 PM	#6
MiddletonMark Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14,548	I think mine came from `American Scientific' ... just about the same as sold at Reef places - just more to choose from. __________________ read a lot, think for yourself Current Tank Info: 58g stony reef [250w10k, 250w 20k MH, 2x vho act, Octopus150, 6060 + 6000] ; 60g mixed tub

01/25/2006, 10:42 PM	#8
Kenfuzed Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,516	Check around at local swap meets. I found a pair of great surgical-grade stainless cutters from a guy selling all kinds of gadgets (tweazers, nail clippers, dental tools, etc). __________________ ============================================= You want HOW MUCH for that colored stick?!!! A fool and his money are soon fragged. Current Tank Info: SPS dominated 180 in-wall reef tank w/20+ fish, 100g sump-a-fuge and 30g frag tank. LED and T5 lighting, SWC 230 Cone skimmer, Dart CL, 2-part controlled dosing, Algae Turf Scrubber and vinegar dosing.

01/24/2006, 01:58 PM	#3
Bayslayer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 263	Thats what im talking about, I knew there had to be other places to buy this kind of stuff. Adrian, thanks for the info.

01/24/2006, 03:48 PM	#5
UFreefer Registered Member. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 676	i looked around but it seemed that the ones that marine depot sells were the best deal, and their huge

01/24/2006, 05:42 PM	#7
lizardking38 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 419	MiddletonMark - Do you have a link for American Scientific?

01/26/2006, 07:04 PM	#9
Bayslayer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 263	Thanks for all the help guys, I went to Wal Mart at lunch today and picked up some heavy duty nail clippers, all stainless stell for $13, probably a little expensive but I hate to wait for things in the mail so it was worth it.

01/27/2006, 01:16 PM	#10
GTR Rubberman Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Grand Terrace, CA Posts: 7,853	I bought a pair from MD... then I found some clippers at the $1 store. The cheap and smaller ones work as well if not better than the MD "bone cutters". None of them will cut like you're cutting a rose of your bush. It's more like take a bite out of the side of the SPS branch and watch the frag fly across the room. SteveU __________________ AKA, Riff