Tools House 24″ Bolt Cutter, 600mm Long – Heavy Duty Cutter, Croppers, Chain- Anti – Rubber Handles, Drop Forged Head – TH0254

 

Sturdy and easy to use with a wide cutting aperture. I used these to cut through 10mm thick carbon steel pushrods from a Harley engine so couldn’t afford to ness it up and these cutters cut through like butter and a hot knife with little effort on the arms. Get whatever you are cutting as far into the jaws as possible and it will cut with ease.

 

Having read some of the complaints about this I thought there might be a problem in getting the jaws to move. .In Fact there are none . I found it was stiff because the blue paint had hardened after it was closed. I slackened the bolts with a spanner put thin oil into all the treads and did the bolts up. After working the handles five or six times it freed up enough to be just tight enough not to fall open when picked up by one handle. It did the job cutting a spring mattress into four pierces. I was out of practice so my shoulders got stiff but I did about 200 cuts without marking the jaws. A good no nonsense bolt cutter . RECOMMENDED

 

So I never in my wildest dreams imagined a bolt cutter would cut a hardened cylinder head bolt from an engine. But it did!!
Ok there was a little bit of effort involved but absolutely no damage to the cutting edges. Very impressed. Highly, highly recommended.

 

A hefty bolt cutter, it is strong and powerful. It is also very stiff in use requiring a little effort just too open the jaws. It does however serve its purpose, and cuts through bolts with relative ease, the long handles combined with the pivot action providing plenty of leverage.

 

These are much larger and heavier than expected for price.They are really heavy duty and i was eager to test them on an old dog chain that leather strap had broke on and they cut through it like was paper But it was like a work out for me using them,just opening them worked muscles I forgot I had and to close them I had to use all body weight.Now I am a tiny woman at under 5ft and my daughter put me to shame by open, Close and cut with much less effort ‘although I still say because I loosened for her’ lol.Since first test my husband has oiled and used a few times again putting me to shame with ease of use but even he says they are are heavy duty and feel it.I originally ordered because I do a lot of craft items and lots of them are of darker steam punk and gothic style so I use heavy chains and locks occasionally as well as buying lots of unknow boxes of items which have in past included padlocked boxes with no keys (never found treasure but live in hope lol) These cutters feel they will handle anything I throw at them, with benefit of me get proper workout whilst use Lol.Great quality bolt cutters at great price and totally recommended

 

Tools House 24″ Bolt Cutter, 600mm Long

Bolt cutters are certainly a tool that are worth having in your workshop. I’ve had a few padlocks seize up over the years, the only way to remove them was by either grinding through the lock or using bolt croppers.

These are quite a large pair of bolt croppers that at first glance appear to be decent quality for the 19.99 price tag. The handles are 24 inches long being made from hollow tube steel. The hand grips are made from a black nylon material that seems to be moulded to the handles. The jaws are made fro powerful looking cast steel that has been ground down to form the jaws. All are held together by hardened steel bolts that can be adjusted to tighten or loosen the jaws. There is also an adjustment bolt which is used to align the jaws so they sit squarely when the jaws are closed.

I did find my bolt cutter to be very tight indeed, in fact my wife couldn’t even move the handles as a good deal of muscle power was needed. The reason for this was a fault in the manufacture process, one side of the mechanism had been ground down too far. The bolt had been tightened so much that it had bent the metal causing the extra tightness. With a little adjustment I managed to loosen off the handles so they operated correctly.

I have tested this out on some mild steel bolts where it cut through with ease. I have not tested this on a hardened padlock but I suspect this will perform as expected. These are huge and heavy, something that you will not use every day, but when needed will surely be worth it’s weight in gold.

This is no high end tool, but for less than 20 quid it’s a powerful and useful bolt cropper that will exert a great deal of pressure on any bolt or padlock.

Thank you for reading my review, I hope you have found it helpful.

 

Good quality, solidly built bolt cutters. The long handles with robust rubber grips give plenty of traction making this fairly easy to use. It made short work of shortening some 10mm screwed rod.