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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1127678" data-attributes="member: 176704">UpdateI'now got the pair of Knipex cutters and they seem quite reasonable - given that I've not been able to do much with them in the last couple of weeksI also bought a pair of &quot;<a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261130823533" target="_blank">ENGINEER PZ-57</a>&quot; &quot;screw removal pliers&quot; which I had hoped would help remove a &quot;difficult&quot; screw (couldn't tighten it far enough) in the frame of a pair of specs - but, even though this is the pair in the range with the smallest jaws, I couldn't get a grip on it to turn it, but finally managed to get it out and replace it with anothe screw using a very narrow screwdriver. Anyway, took those pliers down the garage and ground the outsides of the jaws down a bit, and so hope they'll work better in future.BTW: all the above was delayed because the pain in my left shoulder got to &quot;screaming point&quot; about 2 weeks ago and I finished up on morphine 4x daily, and then a steroid shot in the shoulder 3 days ago because the (private <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" /> ) consultant confirmed that I have a damaged/torn &quot;rotator cuff&quot;.&nbsp; Now less pain and can just about use a keyboard again - but can't lift my left arm above shoulder height (and even that's difficult/painful).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1127678, member: 176704"] Update I'now got the pair of Knipex cutters and they seem quite reasonable - given that I've not been able to do much with them in the last couple of weeks I also bought a pair of "[URL='https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261130823533']ENGINEER PZ-57[/URL]" "screw removal pliers" which I had hoped would help remove a "difficult" screw (couldn't tighten it far enough) in the frame of a pair of specs - but, even though this is the pair in the range with the smallest jaws, I couldn't get a grip on it to turn it, but finally managed to get it out and replace it with anothe screw using a very narrow screwdriver. Anyway, took those pliers down the garage and ground the outsides of the jaws down a bit, and so hope they'll work better in future. BTW: all the above was delayed because the pain in my left shoulder got to "screaming point" about 2 weeks ago and I finished up on morphine 4x daily, and then a steroid shot in the shoulder 3 days ago because the (private :( ) consultant confirmed that I have a damaged/torn "rotator cuff". Now less pain and can just about use a keyboard again - but can't lift my left arm above shoulder height (and even that's difficult/painful). [/QUOTE]

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