I was just looking at electronic shearcutters and pliers...I noticed something about their use of box joints vs lap joints...
Pliers come in both the cheaper lap joint and the more expensive box joint. But all shearcutters seem to use lap joints. It's to the extent that even when the pliers and cutters belong to the same series, the pliers use box joints while the shearcutters use lap joints! The only exception to this I found was Erop.
I can't think of a reason why cutters and pliers that are supposed to be of the same line (and therefore supposed to be of the same features and construction quality) wouldn't use only box joints across the board or only lap joints across the board. Is there some inherent difficulty about making shearcutters with box joints?
Pliers come in both the cheaper lap joint and the more expensive box joint. But all shearcutters seem to use lap joints. It's to the extent that even when the pliers and cutters belong to the same series, the pliers use box joints while the shearcutters use lap joints! The only exception to this I found was Erop.
I can't think of a reason why cutters and pliers that are supposed to be of the same line (and therefore supposed to be of the same features and construction quality) wouldn't use only box joints across the board or only lap joints across the board. Is there some inherent difficulty about making shearcutters with box joints?
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