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Precision Pliers for Electronics and Wire Work – 2025

April 16, 2025 by Abby Robey 2 Comments

Pliers for electronics by Xuron Corp.

Every electronics assembler, engineer, repair technician, and home hobbyist has a pair of pliers in his or her toolbox.  There are as many different pliers types and styles of pliers available as there are applications for them.

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Filed Under: Industrial Products, Pliers & Forming Tools Tagged With: 450, 475, 485, 485C, 496, chain nose pliers, Pliers, Wire Wrapping

What Makes Xuron® Split Ring Pliers Different?

February 6, 2025 by Abby Robey Leave a Comment

If you are a fisherman, saltwater or fresh, you have used split rings to join lures to a hook. It’s a simple concept; however, opening the rings can be challenging.  Xuron’s Model 496 Split Ring Pliers offer a fast and convenient option (instead of using your fingernail or a thin knife).

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Filed Under: Fishing Tagged With: 496, 496SS, Pliers

What are the Best Xuron® Tools for Expert Wire Wrapping?

December 6, 2024 by Abby Robey 15 Comments

Xuron® tools for wire wrapping.

Wire wrapping is a fun, creative process that allows you to create your own unique piece of jewelry. It requires patience, skill, and precision – but it has never been easier with Xuron® tools! In this blog post we will discuss the different Xuron® tools for wire wrapping and give some tips on which ones work best and how to use them to easily produce beautiful pieces! And finally, we’ll mention a couple of non-Xuron products that are also worth checking out.

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Filed Under: Jewelry Making, Wire Art Tagged With: 2175, 410, 450, 450BN, 485, 485C, 485FN, 488, 489, Jewelry Making, Micro-Shear® Flush Cutter, Pliers, TK 2900, Wire Wrapping

Mary Soucy – Q&A

October 1, 2024 by Abby Robey 1 Comment

Mary Soucy - Xuron Pliers.

A few years ago we had the pleasure of exhibiting next to Mary Soucy at the Bead & Button Show.   We chatted with Mary and her mom and discovered not only are they two of the nicest ladies you’d ever meet but Mary is an avid Xuron user!  Mary Soucy is an incredibly talented designer and instructor.  She is enthusiastic and exudes passion for her craft.  She has an impressive creativity that blurs the lines of chainmailling and beading; resulting in a final product that has an elegant bead-woven aesthetic.

I recently had the opportunity to ask Mary Soucy a few questions about creating, chainmaille, tools and more…

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Filed Under: Beading, chainmaille, Consumer Products, Jewelry Making, Wire Art Tagged With: 486, 487, Chainmaille, chainmaille tools, jewelry, jewelry instructor, jump rings, mary soucy, Pliers

TK 2600 Bead Stringer’s Tool Kit for Making Beaded Jewelry

September 23, 2024 by Abby Robey Leave a Comment

Xuron® TK 2600 Beading Tool Kit.

What’s better than having all the tools you’ll need to make beaded jewelry on your workbench? What if we wrapped them in a convenient, durable pouch, ready to grab and go, so you can easily use them anywhere?!!

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Filed Under: Beading, Jewelry Making Tagged With: 410, 450, 494, bead crimping, bead weaving, Beading, Cutters, Jewelry Making, Pliers

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Founded in 1971, Xuron Corp. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of ergonomic, electronics-grade hand tools for the electronics, aerospace, plastic molding, wire processing, hobby, craft, jewelry, and fishing industries.

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